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Weirdest name - can you beat this?

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Uncle John

Uncle John Report 26 Jul 2006 21:36

Paul - you obviously didn't have a sister or other female rellie who read Bunty comic. One character I remember (en passant, and in the interests of research, you understand) was Lettice Leaf. I think as a girl's name it's normally spelt with an i not a u, so maybe the registrar wsn't familiar with the name. J

HeadStone

HeadStone Report 26 Jul 2006 20:51

Hi I quited liked the one I came across today while searching the Hugh Wallis IGI site. Mr & Mrs Gotobed and another one I've seen several times. Call your daughter Rose, Primrose, Marigold, Daisy but how about Lettuce! Paul

Benjamin

Benjamin Report 26 Jul 2006 19:05

One of my ancestors sisters was called Fanny Brain. Obviously, the family werent too fussed about explicit names for their children. Imagine what stick they'd of got at school. Ben

Gypsy

Gypsy Report 25 Jul 2006 14:34

This is a good one of mine, JOSHUA MANAFISH EDWARD JOSEPH BOSWELL, He's on the IGI born 1869. Pat

Sylvia

Sylvia Report 25 Jul 2006 13:37

Not one of mine, but whille looking at deaths on PR site. i came across Sexia Fisher she died in 1769 Sylvia

Paul Barton, Special Agent

Paul Barton, Special Agent Report 24 Jul 2006 20:00

Tom - I was the culprit who found Willy and Fanny Fiddler - they were brother and sister. How could they sleep at night with names like that?

Sprack

Sprack Report 23 Jul 2006 22:32

there are some real gems on the census just putting in the word comfort as a first name I found comfort clinkaberry and her daughter carrie comfort clinkaberry comfort chafer and comfort tsitt.

Right said Fred

Right said Fred Report 23 Jul 2006 22:19

Someone posted this a while ago, nothing to do with my family, but cannot remember the infomation, but it was in 1901.. Willy Fiddler and Fanny Fiddler pmsl..

Clare

Clare Report 23 Jul 2006 22:18

I went to school with a girl called Gay Hole, Honest

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 23 Jul 2006 21:50

She probably had a run-in with my Fanny Mallet.

Sprack

Sprack Report 23 Jul 2006 21:38

my husbands g.g.g.grandmother was called fanny pain. jenny

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 23 Jul 2006 19:30

I was looking at Leicester Parish Records the other day, and on nearly all the pages I looked at there was a lady who rejoiced in the name of Abstinence Pongher.

Debi Coone

Debi Coone Report 19 Jul 2006 15:42

At first I was amused by the name by Sussex Ancestors adored for thier daughters.....Philadelphia Then my amusement changed to ta branch I have called COC*KS in Inworth Essex. The youngest daughter was named Minnie born in 1869 poor soul

Ellen

Ellen Report 19 Jul 2006 14:26

This poor old dear didnt even get a christian name. Penkridge Parish Reisters: Burial 1676 Nov 14 Widdow Bor......ing I can only assume the transcriber had trouble reading it. Ellen X

♥Athena

♥Athena Report 19 Jul 2006 14:06

I love reading these - so funny, aren't they? Can't think of any hilarious ones from my tree although I do have unusual names (not funny ones, though). For example, my grt grand aunt became FLORRIE JOLLY when she married. There's a whole VILE family (hope they weren't that bad!) - and I have some Greek rellies with unusual names (well, not to the Greeks) e.g. Elektra Markari, Frossoulla Markari (my gran - thank goodness Daddy Dear didn't get his own way to name me after her, bless!). NB - Paul - I raced off to have a look at that census page of the young chap on the vessel - yes, I can see what you mean...only I think his actual name is HENRY LUNT, not...well you know what LOL

Eleanor

Eleanor Report 17 Jul 2006 19:48

I found Fanny Crapp on IGI, quite scary!

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 17 Jul 2006 19:43

1881 Census - Nelson Monument (age 8) I also like Uranus Nussey (female) on 1861 census

Right said Fred

Right said Fred Report 17 Jul 2006 18:12

I have a marriage cert (not one of my rellie) but on the same page from the PR where a Miss Thorn married a Mr Flower lol

Christina

Christina Report 17 Jul 2006 18:06

At the weekend I discovered that one of my 3x great grandmothers was called Pleasant Pain. I bet that she was really pleased to get married and become Pleasant Baker. Christina

Sarah

Sarah Report 17 Jul 2006 12:23

Lol. I've got one called Lucy Fanny Healing. And have seen someone called Founde. Maybe she was a foundling?