My greatgrandmother's maiden name Ritchie, was passed down as a middle name in our family for both female and male members. My brother bears the name as a middle name but unfortunately it wasn't gtiven to me. Tony Figueroa --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Phillip Abbott - Abbott Farms <abbottp@candw.ag> wrote: From: Phillip Abbott - Abbott Farms <abbottp@candw.ag> Subject: Re: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Received: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:48 AM 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 *************************** 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 __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/
This fact is true in my family as well as others here in eastern North Carolina. Many times in research it has been helpful in discovering the mother's maiden name. We have William Gibbs Spencer, Thomas Spencer Gibbs as well as William Selby Gibbs. Also there was a period of time when the names of the famous entered families i.e. Benjamin Franklin Gibbs, George Washngton Gibbs, Alonzo Jefferson Gibbs. The one that tripped everyone up was R.M.G.M. Gibbs. It as not figured out until a will was witnessed by a high court official with the name R.M.G. Moore, then thru various other official records all the initials became reality for us. They had to be creative as we have familes a large as 22 children. As Always, Geri --- On Wed, 2/10/10, tony figueroa <tfiggytoo@yahoo.com> wrote: From: tony figueroa <tfiggytoo@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:57 AM My greatgrandmother's maiden name Ritchie, was passed down as a middle name in our family for both female and male members. My brother bears the name as a middle name but unfortunately it wasn't gtiven to me. Tony Figueroa --- On Wed, 2/10/10, Phillip Abbott - Abbott Farms <abbottp@candw.ag> wrote: From: Phillip Abbott - Abbott Farms <abbottp@candw.ag> Subject: Re: [Carib] Interesting Middle Nmaes To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Received: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:48 AM 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 *************************** 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 __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ *************************** 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