Hi Sue An ancestor who came to Oz in 1839 later included in the name a son the name of his older brother in law. I have concluded that his brother in law had been a mentor after his father died when he was a teenager. The brother in law was a tanner in England and a similar business was established in Maitland by our ancestor George Turner. The family were yeoman farmers prior to this. One other possibility was that his sister and brother in law were childless and there was hope that the child would be remembered in the will of the relatively well off relative. Regards Glynis > Hi list, > > I have a g g uncle, Frederick Charles White Fitzpatrick ( b. 1820, > Winchester, England) and i am trying to figure out the possible reasons > for the inclusion of White as a middle name . I assumed it was a surname > linked to the father or mother's family. > > Frederick's father was irish, his mother english. The 'Charles' is his > paternal grandfathers name, and my thought is that the White may be > connected to the mother's family. I do have Frederick's neice living as > a governess in 1881 with a White family in Brighton, Sussex - this may > be mere coincidence but... > > Neither the paternal grandmother ( maiden name Purcell), the maternal > grandfather (surname Woolls) or grandmother ( maiden name Bryan), fits > the bill. > > Does anyone have any thoughts on other possibilities? > > Cheers > > Sue >

Hi Glynis, Thats interesting.. i hadnt thought of going sideways only further down the line.. or would that be up the line :0 I recently came across Frederick's brother who i had been searching for almost since i started on the family history trail, and he suddenly popped his head up in a brother in law's will ( many years after the sister had died and even though he had been living in Canada for a long time and the brother in law in England) Many thanks for your thoughts.. Cheers Sue On 23/10/2012 9:11 AM, Glynis Turner wrote: > Hi Sue > > An ancestor who came to Oz in 1839 later included in the name a son the name > of his older brother in law. > > I have concluded that his brother in law had been a mentor after his father > died when he was a teenager. The brother in law was a tanner in England and > a similar business was established in Maitland by our ancestor George > Turner. The family were yeoman farmers prior to this. > > One other possibility was that his sister and brother in law were childless > and there was hope that the child would be remembered in the will of the > relatively well off relative. > > Regards > Glynis > >> Hi list, >> >> I have a g g uncle, Frederick Charles White Fitzpatrick ( b. 1820, >> Winchester, England) and i am trying to figure out the possible reasons >> for the inclusion of White as a middle name . I assumed it was a surname >> linked to the father or mother's family. >> >> Frederick's father was irish, his mother english. The 'Charles' is his >> paternal grandfathers name, and my thought is that the White may be >> connected to the mother's family. I do have Frederick's neice living as >> a governess in 1881 with a White family in Brighton, Sussex - this may >> be mere coincidence but... >> >> Neither the paternal grandmother ( maiden name Purcell), the maternal >> grandfather (surname Woolls) or grandmother ( maiden name Bryan), fits >> the bill. >> >> Does anyone have any thoughts on other possibilities? >> >> Cheers >> >> Sue >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >