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

2010/1/6 MISS ADELINE MARTIN <martin8118@sbcglobal.net> wrote: 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. > _______________________ Hi Adeline An interesting name which I will include in my website because the IGI shows up to 17 of them. Apart from yours, all the others were male, born in England, including a Cobden Bright SUGGETT born in Manchester in 1845. There must be some reason for this combination of forenames but I can't find it. About half are LDS entries and so a bit suspect. Cobden is almost certainly the transferred use of the surname which is itself from the habitation name which occurs in Devon and in Derbyshire. The meaning is from Old English for "Cobba's hill". Cobba was a personal name believed to be from Old Norse for "lump" and hence signifying a large man. I think this is taking a certain leap of faith in the meanings!! -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************