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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: LaytonLily on Tuesday 26 November 13 17:06 GMT (UK)
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All the names appear in census / marriage / death entries for the Laytons in Canada but they are names I have never heard of before and do not know if they are male or female names. They might have been transcribed wrong of course. I have an Edwin marrying Jabesa, so presumably that is female. but then I have also seen that name when it was possibly male. Can someone help please. Are they names particular to Canada perhaps ?
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Jabez is a male Biblical name - definitely not exclusive to Canada :)
The others I am not familiar with but may well be variants. Perhaps Jabesa is a female variant?
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Have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabez
And from a Baby Names website:
Jabesh \j(a)-be-sh\ as a boy's name is a variant of Jabez (Hebrew), and the meaning of Jabesh is "borne in pain".
The baby name Jabesh sounds like Abisha and Abishai. Other similar baby names are Jabes and Janesh.
Read more at http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Jabesh#G6tlpe5UTVMi4U1j.99
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Many thanks. Knew someone would be able to help on this website !
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I have a Jabez in my tree who was male. Some of the census returns also spelt it as Jabey.
Steve