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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #297 on: Monday 07 January 19 15:37 GMT (UK) »
I too have Garthuried Ferres of St.Allen, cornwall - she married my gggreatgrandfather - been trying to find out more about her but have hit a brick wall - many times - then came across your post

Greetings, cousin, and a warm welcome to Rootschat.

I have sent a personal message with all I know about Garthuried/Gartred/Gertrude.

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Philip
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« Reply #298 on: Tuesday 08 January 19 03:18 GMT (UK) »
The christian name Banfree, on a census transcription!  I recall thinking "What???  When I eventually found the original, her name was actually Winifred! 
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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #299 on: Tuesday 08 January 19 09:08 GMT (UK) »
I found a child named “tweezer” on Ancestry in the 1851 census - except she wasn’t called that, it was a transcribing error. Any guesses (without looking!)?
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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #300 on: Tuesday 08 January 19 20:13 GMT (UK) »
Teresa??  I'm just thinking if someone who maybe has a speech impediment would say it that way to the census taker  ;D

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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #301 on: Wednesday 09 January 19 21:42 GMT (UK) »
Good guess, but it was actually Louisa!
Bradbury (Sedgeley, Bilston, Warrington)
Cooper (Sedgeley, Bilston)
Kilner/Kilmer (Leic, Notts)
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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #302 on: Wednesday 09 January 19 22:40 GMT (UK) »
 ;D ;D ;D I was walking "awound"  like Michael MacIntosh, telling myself it "weally was Teweasa"!!
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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #303 on: Thursday 02 May 19 17:14 BST (UK) »
I've just discovered a 3rd cousin once removed called Ivo (on his birth and marriage record)  I thought it was a mistake and it was really Ivor/Ifor as he was Welsh. However, I now find out that it is a real name

https://nameberry.com/babyname/Ivo

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Re: Unusual First Names
« Reply #304 on: Thursday 02 May 19 17:32 BST (UK) »
I've just discovered a 3rd cousin once removed called Ivo (on his birth and marriage record)  I thought it was a mistake and it was really Ivor/Ifor as he was Welsh. However, I now find out that it is a real name

https://nameberry.com/babyname/Ivo

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Mainly for Vikings!  Ivo does appear now and then in Scandinavian countries, but the only other Ivo I have heard of is a comedian called Ivo Graham.
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« Reply #305 on: Thursday 02 May 19 19:59 BST (UK) »
Corona.
She was born in 1922 and named after a rhododendron.
Link to Corona Norths obituary below.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-corona-north-1070446.html