« Reply #367 on: Thursday 07 May 20 15:15 BST (UK) »
I have an ancestors cousin called Melbourne Auber.
And I have one named Auckland.
No antipodean connection in that line though.
Cannot find any with my Melbourne Auber either. Wish there was some more occurrences of such first names in Essex as I find Essex research can be very hard due to the higher frequency of the same surnames. Even with the new records on Anc and FindMyPast, there still seems to be so many people with the surnames (on top of Smith and Brown) Wood, Hurrell, Mead, Moss, Warner, Cornwell, Taylor, somuch so that when I do find a maiden name of a spouse, it is often a name I have in my Essex line somewhere else. On top of the usual bog standard first names such as John, Thomas, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, James. Sufolk seems to be much easier to research.
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