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Denis

Denis Report 3 Mar 2010 08:41

You have just the right name when it comes to finding ancesters. Looking for names like James, John and Charles can get boring

Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 2 Mar 2010 23:44

I only share my name with one other person , different middle names and 30 years apart, so it's always all my fault !

Researching:
For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 2 Mar 2010 23:44

From a BBC website - true names:
Justin Case
Stan Still.
Terry Bull
Paige Turner
Mary Christmas
Anna Sasin.
Doug Hole
Hazel Nutt.

I also have a Winifred A Hoare on my tree!
Why give the poor girl a middle name beginning with 'A'


She also had a sister called Fanny!!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 2 Mar 2010 23:42


18 matches for Fanny Airey on GR

this womans in my tree but i refuse to add her

i bet there was some titters
when the teacher took the register

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

**Ann**

**Ann** Report 2 Mar 2010 23:36

BALLS, Golden M 25 1816 Norfolk VIEW
BALLS, Mary F 25 1816 Norfolk VIEW
BALLS, Golden M 4 1837 Norfolk VIEW
BALLS, Sarah F 3 1838 Norfolk VIEW
BALLS, John M 1 1840 Norfolk VIEW

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I thought this one was a good one when I came across it last year!
Annx

RG number:
HO107 Piece:
761 Book/Folio:
11 Page:
16

Registration District:
Aylsham Sub District:
Buxton EnumerationDistrict:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Aylsham Municipal Borough:
Address:
Millgate Street, East, Aylsham County:
Norfolk



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Rambling

Rambling Report 2 Mar 2010 23:27

Not really Elizabeth, but just looking on Ancestry for someone and came across a Mr Butter living with the Bacons and a Spong, wonder if it was pronounced Sponge? lol , tasty.

Researching:

Supersleuth

Supersleuth Report 2 Mar 2010 23:24

Does anyone know any others out there?

Liz

Ladylol Pusser Cat

Ladylol Pusser Cat Report 27 Feb 2010 18:45

how about kelly smunt....

oh was gonna call his sone john after him and thomas after his grandad but they were kind and called him jack thomas xx

Jane

Jane Report 27 Feb 2010 17:06

On a cleaner note lolol My sister was nearly called Jacaranda (like the tree)!!!

Whirley

Whirley Report 27 Feb 2010 17:05

Mike Hunt....

Supersleuth

Supersleuth Report 27 Feb 2010 14:02

I know I knew the reason but why but what is wrong with John Thomas. Is it slang for a toilet? I have one - perhaps I don't want to know lol.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Feb 2010 13:31

I noticed in the 1881 census a boy called Brighton Gay!

.....nice at the time - totally different now!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Frederick

Frederick Report 27 Feb 2010 11:46


Just think of the blokes called John Thomas.

F.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 27 Feb 2010 01:07

Hopefully not a Wayne King! LOL

edit: whoops just realised Muffy had done ths one!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Margaret Elizabeth

Margaret Elizabeth Report 26 Feb 2010 23:57

i am responsible for a lee king and a nic king......terrible

Lightning

Lightning Report 26 Feb 2010 23:27

With a name like mine ....What can i say.....

ChAoTicintheNewYear

ChAoTicintheNewYear Report 26 Feb 2010 23:27

There was a newspaper article a while back where the parents had called their newborn son...

Drew Peacock


;-)

Researching:
Kids with special needs are not weird or odd. They only want what everyone else wants...to be accepted.

Helen1959

Helen1959 Report 26 Feb 2010 23:23

LOL. So funny choking on my cake here.

Researching:
Booth's and Hughes from Birmingham

Supersleuth

Supersleuth Report 26 Feb 2010 22:17

Sommer Set
Son Ryse
Annette Cheese
Greenwood married a Rooke

These are all people that my family have known!

TheLadyInRed

TheLadyInRed Report 26 Feb 2010 22:09

I did once work with someone called Lee Leigh (or might have been Leigh Lee)

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