Great minds eh? >From: "Patricia Salter" <ps015p6402@blueyonder.co.uk> >Reply-To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BDF] KIGHTLEY family of Houghton Conquest >Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 09:16:33 -0000 > >Hi Pauline >I thought I was the only one thinking the very same thing. I have several >families who kept christening their children with a particular name, and >each time that child died - it was as if there was a curse on certain names >in some families, so I'm with you there. >Cheers >Patti > ----- Original Message ----- > From: pauline davy > To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:16 AM > Subject: Re: [BDF] KIGHTLEY family of Houghton Conquest > > > Hi everyone - I'm butting in here, hope you don't mind, but you >mentioned a > family who had three children named William, obviously the first two had > died. Does anyone find, as I do, that these children who are given a > deceased siblings name, often die themselves? Just recently I came >across a > Margaret, three times a child was christened that, and three times the >baby > died. This doesn't seem to be an isolated incident either. I'd be >interested > in what other listers think. > Regards, > Pauline in OZ > > > >From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> > >Reply-To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > >To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [BDF] KIGHTLEY family of Houghton Conquest > >Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:49:03 +1100 > > > >Donna, > > > > I don't have any links to this family. But your's was the only > >message received today, so I had the luxury of some time to have a >close > >look. Lucky for you. > > > > I've been advising people for years to click on batch numbers >on > >IGI records. It's amazing what you find. > > > > I found the 1694 record for Elizabeth, clicked on the batch >number > >and searched for KIGHTLEY. Only the one record came back up. I >suspected > >possible surname variants. It would be unusual for just one child. > > > > Not to be outdone, I searched the batch again, this time using >just > >father's given name Francis. Et Voila !!. Elizabeth and seven brothers >and > >sisters all with different surname spellings. Only one included a >mother's > >name Elizabeth. Primed with success I went and found the marriage. > > > > Francis Kitely married Elizabeth Cliffton on 3rd May 1677 in > >Houghton Conquest. Elizabeth was the youngest of eight children. The >name > >William was used three times suggesting the earlier two had died. The > >children were :- Francis 1678, William (I) 1680, John 1682, Joseph >1685, > >William (II) 1687, William (III) 1689, James 1691 and Elizabeth 1694. > > > > I also clicked on the batch number for the marriage record. It > >indicated that Elizabeth Cliffton had a brother John who married Ann > >Slingsby. > > > > Your back in the "dark ages" when it comes to finding birth >records > >for Francis and Elizabeth. I found nothing for Francis, but there was >an > >Elizabeth Clifton b1849 at Houghton Conquest. It makes her 28 at >marriage > >which might be a bit old for the era. And there are lots of Elizabeth's >in > >other counties. > > > > That will give you something to do for a couple of days. Hope >you > >can follow the logic. get back to me if you have problems. > > > > Good luck > > > > Peter in Sydney > > > >PS!! Some of the variant spellings were Kitely, Kightly, Kitly, Citly, > >Keightley and Kitghtley. > > > > > >==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > >The Bedfordshire Surnames List can be viewed at: > >http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > realestate.com.au: the biggest address in property > http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > For any updates our info about the status of this list go to > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com > > > > >==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >Go to the Bedfordshire Lookup Exchange at: >http://freespace.virgin.net/m.harbach/bdf.html > _________________________________________________________________ New year, new job – there's more than 100,00 jobs at SEEK http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau&_t=752315885&_r=Jan05_tagline&_m=EXT