I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of Thomas Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as UNDERHILL and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family connection. Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a middle name, another had McDonald as a middle name. Any opinions very welcome! Marg Smith Mardi, NSW Australia

Dear Marg , That was a pretty regular practise in those days and not only in the West Indies . Regards , Phillip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Smith" <msmith47@tpg.com.au> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:51 AM Subject: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes >I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in > England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of > Thomas > Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as > UNDERHILL > and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family > connection. > > Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley > Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname > rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a > middle > name, another had McDonald as a middle name. > > Any opinions very welcome! > > Marg Smith > Mardi, NSW > Australia > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have the middle name Sinclair in at least two generations of my Grays in St. Croix, one b. 1820, another 1853. If you come across Sinclair, I'd appreciate any clues. Best regards, Laura in a very blustery SW Va (40 mph gusts)

Thank you everyone for your replies to my posting. Hopefully, it will also help my research knowing these middle names may have some family connections. A bit of Googling found: BERESFORD - a location name of Anglo Saxon origin in England, well before the Norman conquest, which also became established in Ireland EUSTACE - a given and surname, of Greek origins, brought to Britain with the Norman conquest, spreading to Ireland... McDONALD and McLEAN are obviously of Scottish and Scottish / Irish origins ARNESTER took a little more searching. With no hits with sites that provided the above information, so a surname search on the IGI records show it is obviously of German origin . So, shall also keep these names in mind when I start checking LDS films. Many Thanks again Marg Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marg Smith" <msmith47@tpg.com.au> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:51 PM Subject: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes >I have come across some interesting middle names with my research in > England, where BLENKINSOP for example was the mother's maiden name of > Thomas > Blenkinsop URWIN, and the US. where, again, middle names such as > UNDERHILL > and RYERSON were the mother's maiden name, or at least a family > connection. > > Is this a similar situation in the Caribbean?? The middle names of Stanley > Beresford LYNCH and Miriam Arnester McLEAN appear to be a form of surname > rather than a christian name. One of their children had Eustace as a > middle > name, another had McDonald as a middle name. > > Any opinions very welcome! > > Marg Smith > Mardi, NSW > Australia > > *************************** > The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and > Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >