Mr Mahershallalhashbaz Hussey may have had descendants in Oklahoma. One of my dad's best friends just died a few years ago. His name really was Royal Hussey. Debi -----Original Message----- From: Sue King [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 2:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-BUCK] Strange names Hi Paul I get the Family Tree magazine and there has been an ongoing discussion in it recently regards the name Mahershallalhashbaz. Apparently it is the longest name in the bible and broken down into its four components of Maher-shallal-ash-baz means 'haste, spoil, speed and prey. They also highlighted other biblical names such as Mehetabel and Onesiphorous (meaning bringing again). It appears that ours is not the only generation with a penchant for unusual names for our children, except ours are probably easier to pronounce! Regards Sue King ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237