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children with the same names!
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Rosi | Report | 3 Aug 2003 22:12 |
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And if they weren't called Eliza/Elizabeth - they were called Mary Ann! I think every 3rd wife or daughter or sister I have had to find was called Mary Ann! Sarah figures quite largely too! |
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Helen | Report | 3 Aug 2003 22:07 |
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What about sisters called Elizabeth, Eliza, Beth and Bertha? Didn't have much imagination in those days did they! |
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*****me***** | Report | 3 Aug 2003 20:00 |
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hi clarissa, i to have found that. i have a joseph born 1860 and died 1862, then in 1865 another boy came along and he was called joe! christine. |
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Chris | Report | 3 Aug 2003 18:10 |
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Hi I too have had that trouble my gt gt gt grandfather had two sons both with the same name, i asked at my local regester office and they said one of them may have died in infancy but having searched further i found them both in adulthood with there own children so i cant understand it either one of them is my gt gt grandfather but i dont know which one!!!! Christine |
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Brenda | Report | 3 Aug 2003 18:05 |
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Giving a dead childs name to another child born later is not confined just to the 1800's,this happend a few times in my names in the 1900 's as well . |
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mab | Report | 3 Aug 2003 17:10 |
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Hi Clarissa, if one child died, they seemed to like to give the name to another one in the 1800s, Marian |
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Clarissa Jane | Report | 3 Aug 2003 17:08 |
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I,ve found my GGGGrandfather married twice and had four children from each marriage. However he has two sons both called Patrick one in 1854 and 1857. Was this the norm back then? |
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