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Offline Keith Sherwood

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Re: "Easter" as a forename, 1682
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 31 July 08 10:18 BST (UK) »
Thanks for these many and varied responses (for some reason they are not appearing in my e-mails).
I think in the sad case of Easter JOHNSON, the timing of her birth, very brief life and subsequent burial was the significant naming reason,
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Re: "Easter" as a forename, 1682
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 31 July 08 10:23 BST (UK) »
Hello All

I have a grand-daughter Esther. When she was born my daughter and her husband (he is Samoan ) did consider calling her Eseta which is the Samoan version of Esther...........
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