General Chat

Hi, I though my maiden surname of COCKSEDGE was fairly unusual until I realised the family originated from around Rougham in suffolk where everyone and their aunt seems to be called COCKSEDGE in one spelling or another. I too have a coloured family tree with surnames WHITE, BROWN and GREEN. We also have a PANTRY and a SATTERFITT. Jenny

Jan, Would have been better if it was "laydown", or "liedown" Sylvia

My ggrandma was Bridget Clusky or Mc.Clusky only one in database, another with surname Cole only five in database Maureen

I used to sit next to a girl at school whose name was Janet Frances Cole. She had an older sister too - her name was Stella

Sylvia It was a very upright headstone unlike some!

You're not related to Henry Moore are you?

I have Buckledee, Greygoose, Schibik, Ondrascheck Possibility of a D'eath (Pronounced Dearth) but checking, and possible Sturgeon.

Where does Ondrascheck come from? Sylvia

As far as we can make out Ondrascheck comes from Austria, and only a possibility that there might be Hungarian connections. Ondrascheck and Schibik are hubby's surnames, and not really starte researching that much on them yet. Liz

Dunglinson
My husband says its to do with farming.Son of a mucker out.
Note I have used the polite term !

WOOMBELL is my most unusual surname in my tree
89% of Woombells came from Nottinghamshire
11% came from Lincolnshire

Regards
Jackie

My husband's surname is MIDDLIN,and I grew up with a family called CHEESE.

Margot.

Ammon,Chimsen/Chinsen/Chimpson,Ainger,Dowdy,Hersey,Denyer

I am quite envious of some of those names lol

I got my mortgage sorted by a chap called M. Gotobed, made me laugh when I had to ring him lol

I worked with a Jimmy Jablonski/y years ago here in Norwich.

The name I like best so far in my tree is my Gt. Gt. Grandmother's, she was Ann Merry and I have my Merry tribe back to 1500!

The rest are Woodfords, Wilsons, Throwers, Owen, so far.

Lizx

Clode and Mules are mine. When I research Mules I get all the gumph about horses etc!!

One of the names I had to type once in work was Titball - we typists always had a bit of a titter!

One of my teachers at school was a Mr Boney - well you can imagine what a class of immature school children were like on hearing that one!

I know a Mr Conquest!

Tina x

Jennifer White - I actually KNOW the Cocksedge's from the Rougham area ;o)

Jenifer Gilleland - I have ScrivenOrs in my tree :o)

I have Ayscough, Bellchamber, Boarer, Bevir (pronounced Beaver) Behagge, Chatters, Crowhurst, Death, Diesny,and Newcomen, Fearby, Feetham, Gilliat, Peasegood, Squirrell, Summerscales, Thickitt, Thorndyke, Tidswell, Whichcote in mine and my husbands joint tree.

My ggrandmother was a TART

I am so glad I didnt have to go through school with a surname like that.

Lynne

I've got Breakspears - my mother's maternal line - they all came from Berkshire - Woolstone, Uffington and East and West Hanney

and of course the first and only English pope - Nicholas Breakspear

How about Greathead, Tombs.Truefitt

Susan look's like somebody missed out the W in Stewart, Thats probably where it came from.

Marion