Genealogy Chat

I've got a Dely D and a Hobson -both girls. It is Hobson's choice for her -she came in 1881 census and has disappeared without a trace. Perhaps she didn't (for some strange reason) like her name and changed it, never to be found again!! Jackie

One of my wife's "outlaws" was called 'COMFORT' Buss

Both my brother and my son have my mothers maiden name as a middle name as the family line has died out due to a lack of boys so we had to keep it going somehow! So my son Joshua has his grandfathers christian name as his 1st middle name and my mothers maiden name as his second middle name! My daughter Sophie has my sisters middle name as her 1st middle name and her Godmothers name as her second! And my daughter Lexie has both of her Great Grannies first names as her middle names! However, none of my childrens first names are anywhere else in the family tree, so in that respect at least they are, so far, unique - especially Lexie as I had never heard the name when I "thought" of it, and it wasn't until a few weeks after she was born that I found out it is also used as a mans name in Ireland and then of course Monarch of the Glen appeared and has no doubt spawned a whole generation of new Lexie's but she'll always be one in a million to us!! The name Bovril is fascinating - it has to be a craving thing surely!!! Just as well I didn't use craving names or we'd have a "Diet Coke Delaney" , "Chicken Biryani Delaney" and a "Pad Thai Noddle Delaney" in our house!!! Keziah - there's one in my Lexie's class at school (age 5)! along with: Destiny, Honey, Raiquan, Atticus, Lili, Milly & Molly!! There are a few more usual names too and some very exotic ones I can't remember at the moment! You can imagine how the teacher must feel! lol Eleanor xx

Anyone else got a Tryphena?

As Polish saints go, St Kaz seems fairly high. "St. Kazimierz, the son of the king Kazimierz Jagielonczyk was a disciple of the famous Polish chronicler Dlugosz. He was able to put up a rich spiritual life with state duties. He was the patron of The Crown/Poland mainland/ and Lithuania."

Hello Janet I typed Christian name Casemira history into search and it came up with a website for Mariposa Marriages 1850s and births and deaths. I think this is California a really good website if you are researching this area. There were too many for me to look through but, it must have had a casemira somewhere so, maybe it's an American name. Here is the address http://www(.)mariposaresearch(.)net/marriage(.)htm Shirley

I think Kazemir (not sure of spelling) is a Polish name and Kazemira would be the female form. Google for it.

I've found two Salome's (biblical I think?) and my Grandfather and GG Grandfather both have the middle name Land as did my Granfathers brother who died very young. Don't know where that one comes from yet though. Naomi

One of my grandfather's middle names was Garibaldi! Another was Bradshaw - which was his mother's maiden name. His sister was called Casemira - any ideas where that came from?

My friend's daughter is called Keziah which is indeed biblical ( Job had three daughters-Keziah, Jemimah and Keren...would have chosen those names if I'd had three daughters!) Maybe Bovril's parents thought he'd grow up to be a beefy type of kid who would always be in a bit of a stew so they named him accordingly!!!......loved the other comments by the way!

Ohhh Keith thats a definite ouch!!!!!LOL Yvette

Yvette. We might not think it a suitable name for a boy - but his ma might

I've come across a Horatio, and also a Pretoria - like Ladysmith - some of our ancestors were really passionate about the Boer war. For me the one that really takes the biscuit is Garibaldi. I've also got an (as yet unfound) Keziah in the mid-18th century, somewhere around the Brewood Staffs area. My grandmother (maiden name Smith) hated her! Incidentally, Theodosia gave the novel 'My Theodosia' by Anya Seton - terrific historical stuff, set in USA around 1800. Regards, Ian

I've come across a Horatio, and also a Pretoria - like Ladysmith - some of our ancestors were really passionate about the Boer war. For me the one that really takes the biscuit is Garibaldi. I've also got an (as yet unfound) Keziah in the mid-18th century, somewhere around the Brewood Staffs area. My grandmother (maiden name Smith) hated her! Incidentally, Theodosia gave the novel 'My Theodosia' by Anya Seton - terrific historical stuff, set in USA around 1800. Regards, Ian

I've got a Wolfran, Loveday, and brothers called Sylvanus and Gilford. Gilford and his other brother Ivan obviously didn't like their names, as they called themselves Sidney and Frederick - not very helpful when trying to trace them!

I've recently transcribed a Napoleon & an England !!!! Terry on a Wet & Windy Rock

One of my relatives was called Ladysmith Irene in 1900 (after the Siege of Ladysmith ) i don't know which of her relations fought there. Perhaps your Bovril was a warm person, it says that on the Bovril label... Sue

We have a few Keziah's, which is biblical I think and seemed reasonably popular in the early-mid 1800s. We also have a few mothers names passed down to son's middle names (like a Thomas Hannah SMITH).

Karen I did wonder if it was a nickname, but on going through the parish records it is his 'real' name, i have a few odd names from other branches of my tree, but as this one is so well known as a food item, and that it was a made up name for that particular product i was wondering why they used it for their son. He can't have been to happy about it, lol, and to think i have moaned to my parents about my name!!! Oh well, maybe his mum had a craving for Bovril when she was pregnant! Yvette

Any others with Damascene ?