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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #153 on: Friday 28 December 12 19:43 GMT (UK) »
Believe you Molly, 50 years ago a woman at Grimsby named her son Terry; her surname Towle!!
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #154 on: Friday 28 December 12 20:00 GMT (UK) »
Years ago, there was a MORRIS family who named their son Austin - and yes, he worked at the car plant at Cowley.

(But no, he wasn't related to the William Morris (Lord Nuffield) who founded the company ::))
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #155 on: Saturday 29 December 12 11:54 GMT (UK) »
I've just been reminded by my sons, that they were at school with a girl called Juliette Cox. And No. 1 son remembers a girl called Lindsey Doyle.
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #156 on: Saturday 29 December 12 11:56 GMT (UK) »
Years ago, there was a MORRIS family who named their son Austin - and yes, he worked at the car plant at Cowley.

(But no, he wasn't related to the William Morris (Lord Nuffield) who founded the company ::))
What about the Rugby star, Austin Healey?
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #157 on: Saturday 29 December 12 15:18 GMT (UK) »
I know a family surnamed Minor, strangely he was worked for the coal board as an underground fitter. No, his son was NOT named Morris.
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #158 on: Friday 04 January 13 12:25 GMT (UK) »


   I used to work with a girl named Anette Kirton.

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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #159 on: Saturday 05 January 13 20:15 GMT (UK) »
Nicholas Mann?
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Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« Reply #160 on: Saturday 05 January 13 20:44 GMT (UK) »
In my family tree we have John Wetmore.
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« Reply #161 on: Saturday 05 January 13 20:49 GMT (UK) »
And I have never know what to make with Mercy Jelly.
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