General Chat

Searching Fareham marriages came across Samways/Bastard/Kill and Hoar in the 19th century.

Stan seen it in baptism records as a description but never as a surname.

Never too old to learn!!!! The usual descriptions I came across in Records Office were baseborn or love child (the latter I thought had to be a very nice vicar).

Have came across the surname Bastard a lot while doing research in Cornwall and Devon.

Carol

Just tried all four names on GR Search and there are exactly 300 registered for each name.

Just checked the IGI most occurrances for Bastard name is 1074 in Devon, earliest recorded 1525.

Carol

Hi Chris

I often get '300' names when I enter a common name. I *think* it's the maximum number (figure) that GR display - as a number, not how many names- when the number of names excedes 300. I hope that makes sense lol.
I've never seen a number over 300 but happy to stand corrected :-)

Hi Island

Out of curiousity I searched my maiden name again and beside - 300 names for............... is 'retrieve for more results' - which I did and kept pressing and came up with 1645!!!! My married name comes up with 4500!!!

I could be in for more searching on my trees.

I hadn't noticed 'retrieve for more results before Chris. I just put my surname in.....4,500...I didn't know we were that common. Duplicates! I say Duplicates! :-D

Going back to 'Bastard', as a surname I believe the first 'a' is silent

Bastard...............there,....... i've said it! :-D

'Bass' or 'Barse' Prickles? ;-)

Barse Island..........cos it rhymes with Harse.

I used to go to school with somebody with the surname Bastard. In the 40s we didn't think anything of it and yes, it was in Fareham.

And if I remember right the vicars name was Hoar.

*Looks round for Polly* Nope, she's not here! :-D

Oh cooee Mr Fen-Tone~~~~~~~~
Did you put me in as Alma Island? LOL


That's so funny Ann - did he have his own exclusive tart and vicar party :-D

'Scuse me Island.
I think you'll find that lots of the TART family lived near here in Kent.

Gwyn

we had a thread on here a couple of yrs ago about unusual surnames,it had me crying with laughter,some of the names given to children were outrageous. :-D :-D :-D

Lol Island, he looked like a crow. I went to a C of E school and he used to take us for 'Scripture' (as it was then called), he'd be all in black and he had a long hooked nose.

I would hate the name B****D its an 'orrible name, as you can see I no wonderful names in my FT all boring but I love them dearly :-D

Yes it wouldn't be nice now would it? But back in the 40s nobody thought anything of it. I would imagine nowadays the emphasis would be on the second syllable. I did used to know somebody called J...... Cock.