Hi I want to thank everyone who commented on my query about the odd name of Cobden as it it now sending my research in a different direction. I thought that the Bright Frost part of her name was because she was born in Jan. and it may have been a bright frosty day but after reading Wikipedia and John Cobden who was a merchant, there may be a connection some where along the line as my Cobden's father was also a general merchant according to her D.C.   Adeline

MISS ADELINE MARTIN wrote: > Hi I want to thank everyone who commented on my query about the odd > name of Cobden as it it now sending my research in a different > direction. I thought that the Bright Frost part of her name was > because she was born in Jan. and it may have been a bright frosty day > but after reading Wikipedia and John Cobden who was a merchant, > there may be a connection some where along the line as my Cobden's > father was also a general merchant according to her D.C. John Cobden may well have been a merchant, but I doubt if your ancestor was called after him. *Richard* Cobden was a Member of Parliament, and one of his fellow MPs was John Bright, and the two of them are chiefly famous as the leaders of the "Anti Corn Law League" and supporters of the economic doctrine of Free Trade, so your ancestor's forenames are a statement of her parents' political allegiance. Incidentally, "general merchant" was what we would call a shopkeeper. Gavin Bell