The name Cobden appears as a surname on a headstone inscription within St Peter's Churchyard, Peterhead erected to the memory of William Gibson and his wife Margaret Cobden, although at the time of their marriage on 11 June 1804 at Old Deer the spelling was then clearly as Cobban. Alison ________________________________ From: MISS ADELINE MARTIN <martin8118@sbcglobal.net> To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 6 January, 2010 17:33:07 Subject: [ABERDEEN] ODD CHRISTIAN NAME Hi I have been researching a distant in-law family and came across the Christian name of Cobden that I have never seen or heard of before and thought that it was a misspelling. In Ancestry Census 1851 she is a male, in the 1861 she is female and in 1871 she is listed as female  patient in the insane asylum. I then went to LDS to see what her name was and that was even more surprising as it was down as Cobden Bright Frost Gerrard born Jan. 19,1847 King Edward, Aberdeen. Knowing things are not always right with Ancestry  and LDS sites I pulled up the Death Reg. from Scotlandspeople and lo and behold her name really was Cobden,the sad part being that she died age 28 at the insane asylum. I wonder has anyone else ever heard of this name.   Adeline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message