How many Mary's

[Finley 1]

After reading a post about getting mixed up with Mary's
I thought I would tot up how many in my tree...  and then carried on with a few others..




422 marys

146 josephs

502 johns

318 elizss

180 sarahs

125 roberts

171 jane

279 ann and 41 annes

333 thomas's

ooooodles more for me to review.. sometime


its no wonder this is a difficult game  --- 


xin

[Greensleeves]

I feel your pain... and you can no doubt understand my feeling of absolute glee when I found a  branch of the family who suddenly decided to call their eldest daughters Britannia.....  made the line so much easier to find for a hundred years or so!   

[Finley 1]

yes its great to have the odd Dorothy or something, just a little different.


 

xin

[iluleah]

 

Yes their inspiration for names was limited, if they didn't hear a name during the sermon on Sunday, it didn't exist 

[Treetotal]

My most commonly occurring male name is William, And the female is Anne. But my nightmare is Thomas Jones and Joseph Jones 
Carol

[Gadget]

My Heritage tells me that my most commonly occurring :

surnames are Jones, Edwards and Griffiths
male names are John, Thomas and Edward
female names are Elizabeth, Ann(e) and Mary

But I have a very basic tree on that site.

[jaybelnz]

I've always had difficulties with two particular names, Thomas McAughtrie and William McAughtrie.  Down through the generations, big families, and they have religiously followed the name pattern for fathers and sons, lived in the same area, and usually either coal miners or Ag. Labs - and it's always been tricky to sort out which is my direct line, and which are cousins. Thankfully, I'm pretty sure I have them right now, (hope so anyway)! 😏😏

[Rosinish]

I wonder how many have the same problem I have 

I have families who not only traditionally used the Scottish naming pattern (most of the time) but for some reason had a habit of calling more than 1 child the same name (not necessarilly after a previous one's death)!

I have a family of 5, 4 boys & 3 have the forename Donald although 1 has a middle name, none named after a previous death.

My g/mother named Maggy-Jane had 2 sisters named Margaret & 2 brothers named Donald, 1 had a middle name.

I have quite a few of the same (not necessarily direct lines) but it seems to have been the 'norm' well at least to them   

Annie

[jaybelnz]

I've just checked my tree, and have 49 Named Mary! 👍