Funny families

[brigidmac]

Its comedy festival month here in leicester and i.m preparing to do some storytelling  about my funny finds in familiy research .
I will be recording some for local community radio .

Starting with a "aliens in The family "

Barking up tbe wrong family tree

And "twea bairns"a story of glaswegian twins"

[brigidmac]

Please answer ANY OR ALL Of these questions if you know any stories about your grandparents parents

Which of your GREAT GRANDPARENTS
..
1 had the funniest name
2. Had the funniest address
3.had an unusual occupation
4.had a funny spouse
5 had a claim to fame
6 wore funny clothes
7 spoke a different language
8 had a reputation
9.had papers documents with mistakes
10 was the best looking or had some interesting physical feature

[Oneday]

I've got a relative - male - whose first name was Aeneas.  Apparently, Greek origins.

[brigidmac]

My  first answers are
..
these Great Grandparents

1 had the funniest name Nimrod GARDNER.


2. Had the funniest address  ..northern same person  Duncan MACDERMID
Burns Butt Cambuslang l
Lanarkshi re


3.had an unusual occupation  George Jacob FELLMAN
false teeth salesman and draper




4.had a funny spouse   or girlfriend Lottie ROBERTS

5 + change question to ...




6 wore funny clothes
7 spoke a different language
8 had a reputation
9.had papers documents with mistakes
10 was the best looking or had some interesting physical feature

[brigidmac]

One day .was it a great grandfather ?mi want to limit subject to greats cos it fits in

But my number Tiime travel detective is intrigued and I want to ask lots of questions

 Did the family have any connections to Greece ? What year we're they born ? ...
Could they have been influenced by a film or book ??

[Oneday]

It would be equivalent of either my parents or grand parents.  Unfortunately he is a cousin.  I definitely cannot see any Greek influence.  It may have come from the Latin they would have studied in their schooling in those times.

[BumbleB]

My apologies for this, BUT

"Which of your great grandparents had the funniest name?"

By today's standards, almost all of our great grandparents did NOT have funny names!!       I think it might be termed "perception".

[macwil]

I've got a relative - male - whose first name was Aeneas.  Apparently, Greek origins.

Aeneas, mythical hero of Troy and Rome, son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises. Related to Trojan royalty, after fall of Troy went to Italy and was revered by Romans as ancestor of Romulus and Remus, mythical founders of Rome.
Henry Purcell composed a popular opera 'Dido and Aeneas' in the late 17th C. and during 18th C there were many depictions of him as a heroic figure in paintings.

[brigidmac]

Yes i want to see what peoples definition of funny is ...i could have said unusual .interesting ....or rare but it could be funny cos they are duncan father of duncan fafther of duncad for  6 generations then a random other name