Things named after an ancestor

[Erato]

A very small lake is named after one of my gg-grandfathers and one g-grandpa has a village street that bears his name.  But best of all is 'Isaac Staples Pale Ale,' named after a first cousin four times removed.  It even has his picture on the label.  It is described as having "a bright, burnt-straw color and is full-bodied with citrus and pit fruit characters.  It has lemon, citrus and peach aromas and opens with a bold grapefruit flavor and finishes with a balanced hoppy kick that is not over-powering, but not at all bashful either.

[Mike in Cumbria]

I have Cumbrian ancestors called Gibson, first in Penrith, then in Ambleside.

There is an alley called Gibson's yard in Penrith and a hill called Gibson Knott close to Ambleside. I have absolutely no proof that either were named after a direct ancestor, but it doesn't stop me claiming them.

[Rosinish]

I have Cumbrian ancestors called Gibson, first in Penrith, then in Ambleside.

There is an alley called Gibson's yard in Penrith and a hill called Gibson Knott close to Ambleside. I have absolutely no proof that either were named after a direct ancestor, but it doesn't stop me claiming them.

Mike, if you get in touch with the local council they may have the history of who/why the names were derived?

A friend of mine, although only about 25 yrs ago enquired at our council offices to find out where/how the name of her street came about & they were able to tell her!

I can't recall the name of the street or the details given but I know it wasn't built too long ago but worth asking as I'm sure there should be something to go on?

Annie

[pinefamily]

There is/was a Sando Row in Redruth Cornwall where my lot came from.
Not to mention the various places in Devon ending in Pyne.
Here in SA, my great grandfather named their street after his wife; at least until the local council decided to rename it Windsor after the royal family.

[aghadowey]

My mother's family have a university library named after them (money donated by distant cousin) and when my cousin applied to study at same university she was offered a very large scholarship and then asked if she was related!

[Wiggy]

My GG-Grandfather has a river named after him in NE Tasmania - Ransom River. 

His mother's second husband was Von Stieglitz - There are several places ranges etc named after the Stieglitz family - In Tasmania they are spelled Stieglitz and in Victoria they are named Steiglitz - same family though.

[Jebber]

 Choules Street, in Byford, Western Australia, named after the family.

 A road, Choules  Close, in Pershore, Worcestershire, and an Australian naval Ship HMAS Choules, named for a cousin Claude Choules 1901-2011.

 

[Nanna52]

Arthur Place in Croydon, Victoria, Australia is named for my grandfather.  When he died in 1918 he owned a parcel of land in Croydon.  My grandmother later sub-divided the land and named the street Arthur Place in his memory.

[GrahamSimons]

https://peakbook.org/en/peakbook-element/64961/en/Pico+Simons.html

Pico Simons in the Sierra Nevada di Santa Marta in Colombia named after a second cousin twice removed, Frederick Adolphus Alexander Simons.