Unfortunate surnames of the past #1

[Duck]

There used to be a Optician in Westcliff On Sea called Charles Wright,  always brought a smile to my face

Simon

[kesannah]

I have an ancestor whose first names were FANNY DUFF.
Whilst searching for some of my HYDE rellie I came across these
LETTICE AGREE HYDE  (perhaps neither parent liked the name chosen by the other so resorted to this one) and MOUNTABLE HYDE to name a couple.I should add that neither of these are my family. 

[Siamese Girl]

I have a book at home which gives a short biography on past British admirals,  & featured in this is a chap called Sir Cloudesley Shovell.  He died on 21 October 1707 when his ship - the Association - was wrecked on the Scilly Islands.

Jayson

There's an exhibition about him at the Medway Archives at this very moment - a great admiral.... and a Norfolk Shovell.

Carole

[Duck]

Kesannah, just love the name MOUNTABLE.

I remember someone with a Beverley Hills in their tree, another lot of parents with a sense of humour

Simon

[Mumsie2131]

In the area I lived there was a Dentist called Payne who called his house Toothacre !!!!!!!!!
Sorry if this is a repeat I haven't read all the replies.

[7igerby7he7ail]

I have just found a Dora Keys while searching for Keys in the IGI.

I once had a mixed doubles tennis partner called Annette Player [her first husband was a Fisher!]

An old school friend recently wanted me to look if there were any traces of his father's family in Poland [his father stayed in England after WW2.] His surname was Hartz, but he confessed that his father's surname was originally Fartz, and his mother had insisted on a name change, before she married. Wise choice.

[amour]

think l can beet you all ive just found a Fanny Clapp and a brother called Curry Clapp 
Amour

[Willow 4873]

I have got Onions in my tree as well

(Just reread that - and theres me thinking they grew in the ground!)

Theres my Great Aunt Laura Bowkett who married a William Uren

Then theres poor Ida Minnie Fanny Knott who must have been glad to marry Joseph Symonds. Fanny Lamb who married Henry Mumford

Also Whynot Merrill, Sarah Pigg, Mary Puddle, Fanny Tanner, Willie Wackett and Nance Nutting

Willow x

[organicgardener]

Hi Willow, where do your Onions come from ? mine are from Walsall. We had a doctor here in SA called Clap his partners were Crap and Whistle.