I remember the surname Oxtoby in Scunthorpe in the 1960s and 1970s. I didn't know anyone personally, just friends of friends. So the name is still around. Jo Perkins On 3 Mar 2012, at 21:08, Violet Hecnar wrote: > Years ago, when I first started my research, I found a family > picture which had written on the back "Mother's cousin OXTOBY" > "Mother" was my great grandmother Elizabeth Mary Wright born in > Barkson Lincs in 1861. > > I have researched her family quite extensively (parents John Wright > and Mary Ann Scott) but have never found an OXTOBY (first or last > name or even a Toby) > > It is just one of the little brick walls that I have. Does anyone on > the list know anything about the name? Is it a Lincolnshire surname > or was it ever popular as a first name? > > Any clues to help me - say an OXTOBY Wright or OXTOBY Scott? > > Thanks, Violet > > Sent from my iPad > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I have a post card dated 1908 Alf Smith the address is 22 Yarboro Road Grimsby. I have used the method you all gave me trying to find who lived there in 1911 . but cant bring up the address is it spelt differently , can someone please help me, he says he is a nephew of my Cheeseman great grandparents but I have never heard of him. I have a William Smith who is a grandson of my Cheeseman gt grandparents but they live in Sheffield. Bev of Bribie

I found that my Quickfall girls when they married often called a child fist name Quickfall eg; Quickfall Brown. All I have to do then is find a Miss Quickfall marrying a Mr Brown in BMD's Bev on Bribie

Hi list, I am the caretaker of the LONG family Bible. The Bible itself intrigues me, as I believe it provides an insight into the moral stance of a number of my maternal ancestors. The Bible is called the Self-interpreting Bible. It's the 4th edition published in 1808. The Bible was attributed to the late Reverend John Brown. The interpretations of the verses and texts are true fire and brimstone stuff penned to put the fear of God into the reader. The original owners of the Bible were principally farmers. There are a number of marriages etc recorded in the front of Vol 1. A few Biblical names are recorded: Joseph, John, James. The rest are Anglo-Saxon: Edward, Charles, Henry, William. Women's names include Mary, and Anne. The names are not remarkable, but the Bible provides an interesting slant on how my ancestors lived and thought. -- Richard Brown Bromley, Kent U.K. Member of: - E. Surrey Family History Society ) And in http://www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk/ ) very Lincolnshire Family History Society ) good http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ ) company.

Yes, outside of Lincolnshire I have some lines in which the surname of a female (usually from a prestigious family) became an ongoing first name of one of her children or grandchildren. In fact the names Cam and Gyde as first names within the Heaven family have persisted over many generations, from the 1600s into the late 1800s at least. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA i have come across Quickfall as a surname in Lincs, it was not unusual for parents to give the firstborn the maiden name of it's mother as a christian name, i have several examples of this in my tree most notably Raby Matthews, so of William Matthew and Mary Raby. regards Elaine Westaway   ________________________________ From: Diana Robinson <drobins6@rochester.rr.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 3:14 Subject: Re: [LIN] names I find this one interesting as a few years ago I had a college student in my classes (in the U.S.) whose first name was Quickfall - I always had difficulty in remembering it was his first, and not last, name. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: J & B.H. Stegeman [mailto:beverley.stegeman@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 5:43 PM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LIN] names I found that my Quickfall girls when they married often called a child fist name  Quickfall eg; Quickfall Brown. All I have to do then is find a Miss Quickfall marrying a Mr  Brown in BMD's Bev on Bribie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The baptism entry for John in Barkston in 1830 with parents William and Elizabeth was taken from the Bishop's Transcripts. The actual PR tells a slightly different story, and says John's parents are *John* and Elizabeth, and the father's occupation is carpenter. http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=543323&iid=35128 (Though it wouldn't be the first time a vicar has written the wrong name, either for the child or the parent!) Baptism of an Eliza http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=543323&iid=35117 It actually gets a little complicated, because if you go to image 10 of the PR, in 1817 there's a Harriet baptised in June, daughter of John and Elizabeth, and John's a carpenter. And in October, William, son of John (labourer) and Elizabeth is baptised. And if you work your way through the other pages there's also a John (a wheelwright) and Sarah listed as parents. Pays yer money, takes yer pick. <g> But I think part of the mystery is quickly solved: Possibly the marriage of John and Elizabeth in Barkston. http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=521341&iid=35094 A John and Sarah. http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=521341&iid=35098 Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ On 04/03/2012 02:36, Susan Reynolds wrote: > Hi, Violet! > > Have a look at this tree: > http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16765560/person/417022506 It has a > Robert OXTOBY born Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire married to an Eliza > Wright of BARKSTON, Lincolnshire. Eliza is of the right age to be > sister to your John Wright. The John and Mary Scott Wright family > emigrated to Ontario, yes? So did this couple is that tree is > correct. There is no documentation, but I found Eliza on the new > Family Search in the records for Barkston, parents William and > Elizabeth and they had a son John baptized 5 Dec 1830 at Barkston > which matches your John. This is the new style batch number > C02592-2. It's not cast in stone, but it's a good possibility! > > Happy time travels! > Susan Reynolds > Kentucky USA > > ------------------------------- >

Violet, I have a Richard Oxtaby and family in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Richard was born ca 1830 in England, but I don’t know where. He had three wives (sequentially!) named Elizabeth, Emma Downs, and Maggie. Richard died 2 Feb 1885 in Brantford. This isn’t much help in your search, but also considering the modified spelling, Oxtaby, might help. Ed Harrison ----- Original Message ----- From: "Violet Hecnar" <vs.hecnar@sympatico.ca> To: "Lincolnshire" <eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:08:27 PM Subject: [LIN] Name OXTOBY Years ago, when I first started my research, I found a family picture which had written on the back "Mother's cousin OXTOBY" "Mother" was my great grandmother Elizabeth Mary Wright born in Barkson Lincs in 1861. I have researched her family quite extensively (parents John Wright and Mary Ann Scott) but have never found an OXTOBY (first or last name or even a Toby) It is just one of the little brick walls that I have. Does anyone on the list know anything about the name? Is it a Lincolnshire surname or was it ever popular as a first name? Any clues to help me - say an OXTOBY Wright or OXTOBY Scott? Thanks, Violet Sent from my iPad ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

My 3rd cousin 5 times removed (!!) married Original Skepper 1st June 1813 at Fiskerton, their 12th child was called Original as was Original juniors 7th child. How many Originals can you have? Phil > Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 11:54:03 -0800 > From: louis_mills@att.net > To: eng-lincsgen-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LIN] Admin. note: March theme > > Hi, Missing LIncs, > > I got an angry e-mail from a man a few months back because I had an American relative listed (his dad) with a first name of "Archibald". He insisted that his father had always been "just Archie". When I pointed out that the man's name in the census returns was "Archibald" and it was that way on his Social Security record. the fellow refused to believe me and insisted the name should be just "Archie." > > We can be stubborn about names. After all, it is our supposedly unique identifier. I find it interesting to see people's reactions when they do an Internet search of their name and they find a whole bunch of people who share their name. Or they find something posted about themselves that they wish hadn't been! Ahh, technology. > > So, let's concentrate on those unusual names in your family tree. How did they get them, what do they mean and where are they from? Ask away. Got a Jabez? My wife has several in her tree. A Thomasina. A Jezabel? A "Just Archie"? > > Lou (list admin.) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bev If you put Yarborough Road, Grimsby in Google it will show you where it is Victor On 03/03/2012 11:13 PM, J & B.H. Stegeman wrote: > I have a post card dated 1908 Alf Smith the address is 22 Yarboro Road Grimsby. > I have used the method you all gave me trying to find who lived there in 1911 . but cant bring up the address is it spelt differently , can someone please help me, he says he is a nephew of my Cheeseman great grandparents but I have never heard of him. I have a William Smith who is a grandson of my Cheeseman gt grandparents but they live in Sheffield. > Bev of Bribie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Some people just give in to easily <vbg> 1911 England Census about Joseph Smith Name: Joseph Smith Age in 1911: 79 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: Cumpreby, Ashby Civil parish: Great Grimsby County/Island: Lincolnshire Country: England Street Address: 22 Yarborough St Grimsby Marital Status: Married Occupation: Boot Maker Registration district: Grimsby Registration District Number: 422 Sub-registration district: Great Grimsby ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Piece: 19956 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Smith 79 Hannah Smith 76 Alfred Renben Smith 46 RG14; Piece: 19956 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I have a post card dated 1908 Alf Smith the address is 22 Yarboro Road Grimsby. > I have used the method you all gave me trying to find who lived there in 1911 . but cant bring up > the address is it spelt differently , can someone please help me, he says he is a nephew of my > Cheeseman great grandparents but I have never heard of him. I have a William Smith who is a > grandson of my Cheeseman gt grandparents but they live in Sheffield. > Bev of Bribie

I find this one interesting as a few years ago I had a college student in my classes (in the U.S.) whose first name was Quickfall - I always had difficulty in remembering it was his first, and not last, name. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: J & B.H. Stegeman [mailto:beverley.stegeman@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 5:43 PM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LIN] names I found that my Quickfall girls when they married often called a child fist name Quickfall eg; Quickfall Brown. All I have to do then is find a Miss Quickfall marrying a Mr Brown in BMD's Bev on Bribie

i have come across Quickfall as a surname in Lincs, it was not unusual for parents to give the firstborn the maiden name of it's mother as a christian name, i have several examples of this in my tree most notably Raby Matthews, so of William Matthew and Mary Raby. regards Elaine Westaway   ________________________________ From: Diana Robinson <drobins6@rochester.rr.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 3:14 Subject: Re: [LIN] names I find this one interesting as a few years ago I had a college student in my classes (in the U.S.) whose first name was Quickfall - I always had difficulty in remembering it was his first, and not last, name. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: J & B.H. Stegeman [mailto:beverley.stegeman@bigpond.com] Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2012 5:43 PM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LIN] names I found that my Quickfall girls when they married often called a child fist name  Quickfall eg; Quickfall Brown. All I have to do then is find a Miss Quickfall marrying a Mr  Brown in BMD's Bev on Bribie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

the best biblical name n my family is kerenhappuck who was apparently the daughter of Job   regards Elaine Westawaqy ________________________________ From: John & Jan Marchant <jjmarchant@optusnet.com.au> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 4 March 2012, 4:35 Subject: Re: [LIN] Biblical Names Hello All I have several Biblical names among my ancestors, most of whom were Methodist. Here are some: Elijah, Elisha (and we have a female Elisha near us in this area now), Jesse and Jessie, Levi, Josiah, Amos, Isaac, Ephraim, Elam. Some are Biblical and still used in more recent times: John, Joseph, David, James, Thomas, Matthew, Luke, Paul, Samuel, Benjamin, Ruth, Sarah, Mary,  Rebecca, Jessica, Esther, Hannah. Also some Greek: Jason, Helen, Diana, Phoebe. Hope I'm correct with these. There may be more but some I'm not sure they are Biblical and not enough time to check the concordance. Regards Jan Marchant ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4835 - Release Date: 02/27/12 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Violet! Have a look at this tree: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16765560/person/417022506 It has a Robert OXTOBY born Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire married to an Eliza Wright of BARKSTON, Lincolnshire. Eliza is of the right age to be sister to your John Wright. The John and Mary Scott Wright family emigrated to Ontario, yes? So did this couple is that tree is correct. There is no documentation, but I found Eliza on the new Family Search in the records for Barkston, parents William and Elizabeth and they had a son John baptized 5 Dec 1830 at Barkston which matches your John. This is the new style batch number C02592-2. It's not cast in stone, but it's a good possibility! Happy time travels! Susan Reynolds Kentucky USA

Yes Mary - almost certainly non-conformist families there. Judith Harper Nelson, NZ On 03/03/2012 14:18, Mary Skipworth wrote: > My study of Lincolnshire Skipworths appears to have produced two unrelated ??? families, centred only 50 miles apart. Only DNA will prove their degree of separation. > > One group occasionally used names from the bible.. Yes, there is a Jabez, and an Ahijah, an Azubah, a Hephzibah, a Bathsheba and a Manasseh, as well as lots of Samuels and Sarahs, and a Naomi, a Patience, a Salome and a Prudence. None of those names were used in the other group, which leads me to ask - was this a class distinction, or was it an indicator of non-conformist religious persuasion?. > > Mary > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Denny for the info. I found the mention of one OXTOBY in Newark District in 1861 interesting. Barkston Lincs strangely enough is in the Newark Notts district. I will check it out and see if something shows up. Thanks again Violet Sent from my iPad On 2012-03-03, at 7:20 PM, Denny Lowe <heldenlowe@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Violet Hecnar wrote: > >> Years ago, when I first started my research, I found a family picture which had written on the back "Mother's cousin OXTOBY" "Mother" was my great grandmother Elizabeth Mary Wright born in Barkson Lincs in 1861. > > > Violet, > > Having a quick look at some of the LFHS' Surname Indexes, I note that the name (in rather limited quantities) does turn up in the Thorne, Glanford Brigg and Newark Registration Districts. > > In the 1861 Census, there is a single surname indexed in the Glanford Brigg Reg. Dist.; five surnames in the Thorne Reg. Dist.; and one in the Newark Reg. Dist. > > So yes, the name does exist ... the question is, how will it be indexed on the Internet's genealogical sites. > > Best of luck, > > Denny Lowe (Perth Ontario)

Violet Hecnar wrote: > Years ago, when I first started my research, I found a family picture which had written on the back "Mother's cousin OXTOBY" "Mother" was my great grandmother Elizabeth Mary Wright born in Barkson Lincs in 1861. Violet, Having a quick look at some of the LFHS' Surname Indexes, I note that the name (in rather limited quantities) does turn up in the Thorne, Glanford Brigg and Newark Registration Districts. In the 1861 Census, there is a single surname indexed in the Glanford Brigg Reg. Dist.; five surnames in the Thorne Reg. Dist.; and one in the Newark Reg. Dist. So yes, the name does exist ... the question is, how will it be indexed on the Internet's genealogical sites. Best of luck, Denny Lowe (Perth Ontario)

It's tea Lou.............. Sorry couldn't resist Nik On 3 March 2012 18:36, Louis Mills <louis_mills@att.net> wrote: > It's not a Lincolnshire name as far as I know, but I have run into a > "Typhoo" down in Kent. It's a Chinese word meaning Doctor, but I've also > been told that its a place name in India. > > Lou > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Years ago, when I first started my research, I found a family picture which had written on the back "Mother's cousin OXTOBY" "Mother" was my great grandmother Elizabeth Mary Wright born in Barkson Lincs in 1861. I have researched her family quite extensively (parents John Wright and Mary Ann Scott) but have never found an OXTOBY (first or last name or even a Toby) It is just one of the little brick walls that I have. Does anyone on the list know anything about the name? Is it a Lincolnshire surname or was it ever popular as a first name? Any clues to help me - say an OXTOBY Wright or OXTOBY Scott? Thanks, Violet Sent from my iPad

You never sense to amaze me ANNE, you are a mind of information.   Bazza ________________________________ From: Anne Cole <duncalf@one-name.org> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012, 12:55 Subject: Re: [LIN] Unusual names Ah, Zadok the Priest, descended from Aaron, brother of Moses, and first High Priest of the Temple in Jerusalem built by King David. Also a piece of music by Handel, written for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Anne Anne Cole, President, Lincolnshire Family History Society Duncalf(e)/Duncuff/Duncuft One-name Study GOONS member 513 http://www.one-name.org/profiles/duncalf.html Lincolnshire Post 1837 Marriage Index http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Edward Hawkins > Sent: 03 March 2012 12:29 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LIN] Unusual names > > My 3x great grandfather was named Zadock Compton. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message