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Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« on: Saturday 09 June 18 05:02 BST (UK) »
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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 09 June 18 06:13 BST (UK) »
 I see SINAR

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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 09 June 18 06:17 BST (UK) »
Possibly Sivah or Sinah.

Does either name have a Biblical resonance?

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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 09 June 18 06:27 BST (UK) »
I reckon you've got it, horselydown86   - Sinah.

There are lots of them in the area this record came from. No idea where the name comes from though - it isn't typically Welsh.


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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 09 June 18 08:15 BST (UK) »
I see that it's in my part of Wales too  :)  I had a 6 x great grandmother called Sinah.  She lived in the next township to Crogeniddon.

I think it's a lovely name.

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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 09 June 18 08:47 BST (UK) »
I love that part of Wales. My Dad and his family came from that area and we visited relatives a lot when i was growing up. In my early 20s, I walked along the entire Offa's Dyke long distance path (camping all the way) which allowed me to experience a lot of the area in a unique way.

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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 09 June 18 17:15 BST (UK) »
Googling Sinah seems to indicate that its origins are Irish Gaelic and meaning 'gift of god' or 'god is gracious'. I suspect the former was the original meaning as the latter seems unsuitable for a girl's forename.

There is an area of Hayling Island in Hampshire on the south coast called Sinah which I find a little bizarre considering it's apparently a female forename.   ???

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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 09 June 18 19:36 BST (UK) »
I'm thinking it could be Sarah.
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Re: Help with Hugh Roberts's wife's name please
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 09 June 18 20:56 BST (UK) »
the second letter and the dot above is the same as the i in Richard, which is why I favour Sinah.  Also, note the distinctive r - not in her name.

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