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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #45 on: Monday 15 February 16 00:36 GMT (UK) »
I've had such a chuckle reading these posts.  Most of mine are run of the mill names, however I did come across a lady in my family baptised Victoria Jubilee Ellen in Dublin in June 1897 which was Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.  I think it's quite a nice name myself.  I suppose she should thank herself lucky they didn't name her Diamond!

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #46 on: Monday 15 February 16 13:17 GMT (UK) »
My 9x Great Grandmother was called Eulalia Furze. I kind of like the name! ;D

Edit: I forgot about Sexey Pool!

I just found a Eulalia Furze too! My 7x Great Grandmother (b. Somerset, circa 1695) Interesting name.  Eulalia possibly Spanish :) No idea about the origins of 'Furze' It was her maiden name, married a John Burston.

oh, and just to add -

I have an Ancestor named Flaad, a 7x Great Grandfather named Eliphalet (have no idea how to pronounce, so I just call him Eli), a 5 x Great Grandmother Comfort (named after her gr gr Grandfather), and relatives Thankful, Mercy, and Ichabod

Also, a 4x Great Grandmother named Argent, and a 3x Great Aunt Plazy Bedingfield Ellis

My son has a Great Grandfather Ransom.
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #47 on: Monday 15 February 16 21:59 GMT (UK) »
Had a teacher whose middle name was Anzac, because he was born on Anzac Day.
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #48 on: Monday 15 February 16 22:45 GMT (UK) »
Had a teacher whose middle name was Anzac, because he was born on Anzac Day.

We recently did some research on a man named Federal (he was born 1901).  They called him Fred :)
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #49 on: Monday 15 February 16 22:51 GMT (UK) »
Also had the wonderfully named Fulk(e)
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #50 on: Monday 15 February 16 23:37 GMT (UK) »
I also had a 3x gr Uncle Valentine - born on Valentine's Day :)
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #51 on: Tuesday 16 February 16 00:13 GMT (UK) »
An interesting one was a Christian name of Banfree, I thought what a strange name, but on looking at the image the name was Winifred!

So much for all the trees on Ancestry that have her as Banfree, obviously hadn't looked at the source document!
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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #52 on: Tuesday 16 February 16 03:41 GMT (UK) »
On OH's side I have an Oswald Septimus, a Stewart Anzac, presumably born at the time, and a couple of Sampsons, father and son ::)

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Re: What's the oddest name you've found?
« Reply #53 on: Tuesday 16 February 16 05:31 GMT (UK) »
I have a relative whose middle name is Royal, as he was born in the year of Queen Elizabeth's coronation.
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