« Reply #343 on: Sunday 02 February 20 16:11 GMT (UK) »
I have a Philadelphia and her daughter Theodosia in my tree.
No Theodosia's but I have a few Philadelphia's in my tree, all in Sussex. Seemed to be a more common forename in Sussex.
I also have a few Philadelphias in my tree, all in Sussex.
A distant cousin in the 1800s, was named Ansley, think this is rather pretty, but not sure of the exact pronunciation, long a or short? She had lots of siblings including a Tamar. Sussex folk.
Also have a Shelomith born ca 1830, Sussex again.
My Sussex people have more interesting names than my Lancs or Yorks families. I do have a Lord and Squire Tattersall in Burnley.
I saw a Norman Conquest in the FreeBMD. He must have been teased!
I have a Philadelphia Dinnage born 1798 in my tree, born in Horsham, Sussex. She was known as Phyllis in some records.
I even found a Catherine Eltham Coombs, birth registered in Eltham. Unusual to have a birthplace as a middle name, wish that was more common though, make our quests a bit easier.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain