On 19 Feb 2010 at 10:49, Phil Warn wrote: > Please excuse my crazy SOH. > > But, he says, starting a sentence with a no-no (?) for effect, seeing > a Miss SAGE made me think of my family tree and my ONIONS family. > > I have also a Rev HEAVEN in my tree, from Gloucestershire. > > [ Oh dear, I struggled to remember how to spell out the county name! ] > > Heavens above! > > Isaac HEAVEN married Mary LEATHER in Charfield on 26th June 1750. > > [ I do not know whether her father was a Tanner by trade. ] > > Did Miss SAGE know her ONIONS or marry one? > > OR, did she end up in a pickle? > I contribute a bi-monthly column to Practical Family History called Roy's Ramblings, which is a light-hearted pot-pourri of things I come across in the wonderful world of genealogy that amuse me! The latest (March 2010) issue is devoted principally to "foody and fruity" names and includes a photo of the marriage certificate of Thomas SALT who married Edith Mary PEPPER at Basford, Notts, in 1899. I also highlight the following names of real people..... Orange Lemon Carrot Harsnip Honey Cakebread Butter Smith Bready Baker Hepzibah Pudding (love that one!) Apples Evans John Porridge Comfort Sandwich Tomato May Stanley Bananas Fish Fish Fish Was your Rev Heaven ancestor the one who used to own Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, BTW? When he had it Lundy it was known as the "Kingdom of Heaven". -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE