Hi Frank Looking at the census it appears to me that Sarah BLACKAMOOR married a David GOSLING Marriages Dec 1866 Blackmoor Sarah Spilsby 7a 1177 GOSLING David Spilsby 7a 1177 They appear together in the later census This gives a Sarah born 1846 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Sarah Blackamon Name: Sarah Blackamon Date of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1847 Registration district: Boston Inferred County: Lincolnshire Volume: 14 Page: 255 Let me know if you want the census pages Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) For information I have received the Birth Certificate and it indicates that Elizabeth was illegitimate being the daughter of Sarah Blackamoor. No fathers name is given. The 'G' initial I now believe was a mis-transcription. On the B/C the 'G' of 'Girl' from the sex column is partly in the name column. Just shows that you have to be careful about these things. Thanks for eveyones suggestions. Frank J. Wilson Spalding

A Mrs. Elizabeth Blackamore/Blackamour is mentioned several times in the Boston Workhouse minutes in 1861! 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 Frank Wilson > Sent: 03 March 2012 14:16 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LIN] Elizabeth Mary BLACKAMOOR > > For information I have received the Birth Certificate and it indicates > that Elizabeth was illegitimate being the daughter of Sarah Blackamoor. > No fathers name is given. > > The 'G'  initial I now believe was a mis-transcription.  On the B/C the > 'G' of  'Girl' from the sex column is partly in the name column.  Just > shows that you have to be careful about these things. > > Thanks for eveyones suggestions. > > Frank J. Wilson > Spalding > > ------------------------------- > 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 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

For information I have received the Birth Certificate and it indicates that Elizabeth was illegitimate being the daughter of Sarah Blackamoor.  No fathers name is given.    The 'G'  initial I now believe was a mis-transcription.  On the B/C the 'G' of  'Girl' from the sex column is partly in the name column.  Just shows that you have to be careful about these things.   Thanks for eveyones suggestions.   Frank J. Wilson Spalding

LRSM = Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury Full details from the newspaper are given below; I have no further information. LRSM 11 April 1856 (continued) Lincoln (Kesteven) Petty Sessions 4 April Geo. SMITH, of Thorpe on the Hill, tailor, was ordered to pay 1s. 6d. weekly towards the maintenance of the illegitimate child of Jane WRIGHT of Carlton le Moorland. It was ordered that Geo. BARTON, journeyman miller, of Collingham, should pay 1s. 6d. weekly towards the support of the illegitimate child of Alice WILLSON of Eagle. The man had offered that his mother should take and maintain the child. In another case of illegitimacy, Mary PRIDGEON of North Hyckham, v. Wm. HARRISON, of Kettlethorpe, the woman did not appear, and the case was adjourned. Lincoln City Petty Sessions 5 April It was ordered that John ALLEN, of Newark, should pay 1s. 6d. weekly towards the support of the illegitimate child of Ann WENTWORTH. 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

My grandfather's Christian name was Parr. This lead to great confusion at school for my mum. They would ask "What's your father's name?" "Parr" "No, what's his Christian name?" "Parr" "Er, what does your mother call him?" "Parr" Eventually it had to be explained. Mind you, mother had nearly as many problems, as her name was Madge "What's your name?" "Madge" "Is that short for Marjorie or Margaret?" "No, its just Madge" "What's the name on your birth certificate?" "Madge - I was christened Madge". John -- John Rouse

Hector (ancient Greek) was the eldest son of Priam, King of Troy, and fought in the Trojan war. The name means "holding fast". See Wikipedia! 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 Shirley Elston > Sent: 03 March 2012 13:11 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] ENG-LINCSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 108 > > Ref strange names: > > My GGreat grandmother named a child Hector Levi,he died as a baby and the > next boy that came along she called Hector Harold,my dad was called Hector > Harold also,he used to say if I rang him at work always ask for Harry as > no one else knew his first name! My brother was also Hector Harold,he > never admitted to his first name either till he married,his wife always > called him Hector and I don't think he like it very much! I always called > him Heccie which he liked even less! I used to think it was Scottish but > there are no Scottish people in my tree and then I wondered if it was from > a classical book? > > > ________________________________ > From: "eng-lincsgen-request@rootsweb.com" <eng-lincsgen- > request@rootsweb.com> > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012, 8:00 > Subject: ENG-LINCSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 108 > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > > Today's Topics: > >   1. Re: names (Mary Skipworth) >   2. Re: names (Linda) >   3. March theme - Fanny FLETCHER & a question (Diana Robinson) >   4. Re: March theme - Fanny FLETCHER & a question (Pam Downes) >   5. Re: Non-conformist  names (Judith Harper) > 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 > Hi Mary > Those given names, I would say would be a clue in finding their records. > In > my experience the use indicates a tie to a Christian Chapel rather than > the > Church of England...perhaps a Baptist congregation. I'm just in the midst > of > sorting a group of mine not in Lincolnshire but with these same given > names > and the connection is to a Baptist chapel. So, look for their records in > the > Nonconformist section. > Linda > B.C. > Canada > > 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 > > > > > > My father was always known as Harry even though his forenames were Alfred > Henry, perhaps because his father was also Alfred. When looking for his > mother, I was sure I was looking for something a bit more fancy than Fanny > Fletcher - I really though the Fanny was short for something, but no, that > is her birth certificate name. > > While on the topic of Fanny, there are two records of a Fanny Fletcher > marrying, registered in Caistor, in the late 1800s. Does anyone have easy > access to the name of Fanny's father in these two cases? > > They are: > Dec. 1894 Caistor 7a, p.1313 > And > June 1895, Caistor, 7a, p.1505 > > Any answers would be very much appreciated - to support or put to death a > sneaking suspicion. > > Happy hunting! > > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > > > > > Warmly, > > Diana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Diana Gardner Robinson, PhD > DGR Coaching > Empower Yourself! Find Your Hidden Strengths with Empowerment Coach Diana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 2604 Elmwood Ave. #230 > Rochester, NY 14618 > Phone: 585.473.8396 > Web: http://ChoiceCoach.com > E-mail: Diana@DianaRobinson.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Mills [mailto:louis_mills@att.net] > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:54 PM > 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.) > > > > > Fanny Fletcher married Frederick Cash in Great Limber 18 Dec 1894. > http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ > > Fanny Fletcher married Arthur Needham, June quarter 1895. > That Fanny says (1901 & 1911 census) that she was born in South Kelsey, > but according to the Lincs marriage index she didn't marry in South > Kelsey. > > Pam > Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society > http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ > > > On 03/03/2012 02:53, Diana Robinson wrote: > > My father was always known as Harry even though his forenames were > Alfred > > Henry, perhaps because his father was also Alfred. When looking for his > > mother, I was sure I was looking for something a bit more fancy than > Fanny > > Fletcher - I really though the Fanny was short for something, but no, > that > > is her birth certificate name. > > > > While on the topic of Fanny, there are two records of a Fanny Fletcher > > marrying, registered in Caistor, in the late 1800s. Does anyone have > easy > > access to the name of Fanny's father in these two cases? > > > > They are: > > Dec. 1894 Caistor 7a, p.1313 > > And > > June 1895, Caistor, 7a, p.1505 > > > > Any answers would be very much appreciated - to support or put to death > a > > sneaking suspicion. > > > > Happy hunting! > > > > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Warmly, > > > > Diana > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > To contact the ENG-LINCSGEN list administrator, send an email to > ENG-LINCSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ENG-LINCSGEN mailing list, send an email to ENG- > LINCSGEN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Ref strange names: My GGreat grandmother named a child Hector Levi,he died as a baby and the next boy that came along she called Hector Harold,my dad was called Hector Harold also,he used to say if I rang him at work always ask for Harry as no one else knew his first name! My brother was also Hector Harold,he never admitted to his first name either till he married,his wife always called him Hector and I don't think he like it very much! I always called him Heccie which he liked even less! I used to think it was Scottish but there are no Scottish people in my tree and then I wondered if it was from a classical book? ________________________________ From: "eng-lincsgen-request@rootsweb.com" <eng-lincsgen-request@rootsweb.com> To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012, 8:00 Subject: ENG-LINCSGEN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 108 ----- Forwarded Message ----- Today's Topics:   1. Re: names (Mary Skipworth)   2. Re: names (Linda)   3. March theme - Fanny FLETCHER & a question (Diana Robinson)   4. Re: March theme - Fanny FLETCHER & a question (Pam Downes)   5. Re: Non-conformist  names (Judith Harper) 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 Hi Mary Those given names, I would say would be a clue in finding their records. In my experience the use indicates a tie to a Christian Chapel rather than the Church of England...perhaps a Baptist congregation. I'm just in the midst of sorting a group of mine not in Lincolnshire but with these same given names and the connection is to a Baptist chapel. So, look for their records in the Nonconformist section. Linda B.C. Canada  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 My father was always known as Harry even though his forenames were Alfred Henry, perhaps because his father was also Alfred. When looking for his mother, I was sure I was looking for something a bit more fancy than Fanny Fletcher - I really though the Fanny was short for something, but no, that is her birth certificate name. While on the topic of Fanny, there are two records of a Fanny Fletcher marrying, registered in Caistor, in the late 1800s. Does anyone have easy access to the name of Fanny's father in these two cases? They are: Dec. 1894 Caistor 7a, p.1313 And June 1895, Caistor, 7a, p.1505 Any answers would be very much appreciated - to support or put to death a sneaking suspicion. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA Warmly, Diana  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diana Gardner Robinson, PhD DGR Coaching Empower Yourself! Find Your Hidden Strengths with Empowerment Coach Diana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2604 Elmwood Ave. #230 Rochester, NY 14618 Phone: 585.473.8396 Web: http://ChoiceCoach.com E-mail: Diana@DianaRobinson.com -----Original Message----- From: Louis Mills [mailto:louis_mills@att.net] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:54 PM 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.) Fanny Fletcher married Frederick Cash in Great Limber 18 Dec 1894. http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Fanny Fletcher married Arthur Needham, June quarter 1895. That Fanny says (1901 & 1911 census) that she was born in South Kelsey, but according to the Lincs marriage index she didn't marry in South Kelsey. Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ On 03/03/2012 02:53, Diana Robinson wrote: > My father was always known as Harry even though his forenames were Alfred > Henry, perhaps because his father was also Alfred. When looking for his > mother, I was sure I was looking for something a bit more fancy than Fanny > Fletcher - I really though the Fanny was short for something, but no, that > is her birth certificate name. > > While on the topic of Fanny, there are two records of a Fanny Fletcher > marrying, registered in Caistor, in the late 1800s. Does anyone have easy > access to the name of Fanny's father in these two cases? > > They are: > Dec. 1894 Caistor 7a, p.1313 > And > June 1895, Caistor, 7a, p.1505 > > Any answers would be very much appreciated - to support or put to death a > sneaking suspicion. > > Happy hunting! >  > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > > > > > Warmly, > > Diana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > 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 > To contact the ENG-LINCSGEN list administrator, send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. 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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

Bilhah is, of course, a name from the Bible. That's always a good first place to check on some of these unusual forenames of the 18th & 19th centuries and a Bible concordance is a great help there. Bilhah comes from a Hebrew root word meaning 'timid'. Regards Judith Harper Nelson, NZ On 03/03/2012 11:25, Michelle Myers wrote: > My 6x great grandmother Obedience Lowther Christened 22 July 1699 in Burton on Stather. Nice puritan moniker. Used a couple of times in the family. Also Bilhah Jobson, c 1780 Married John Kermond 1799 at Old Clee. > > > >

Hi anne: thanks again. It is hard to believe my families were so good as to not get on these lists <smile> carol On 3/3/12, Anne Cole <duncalf@one-name.org> wrote: > LRSM = Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury > > Full details from the newspaper are given below; I have no further > information. > > LRSM 11 April 1856 (continued)

My 3x great grandfather was named Zadock Compton.

Again not Lincs but worth telling.   I was doing some research for a friend in Tauranga NZ about one of her ancestors who went from "beyond the Pale" to the USA.  His headstone forename was Alex, do you think I could convince her that his given name was actually Elio!!  It was the same with all the family, not only was the surname anglicised but so were all the forenames. Mike

While not from Lincs I am glad a PIKE family name wasn't given to me!! <vbg>   Epigoney Mike

that this name Tycho cropped up in my Wing family in Rutland...Rita

I have the name Tycho in my Rutland/Lincs ancestors. The first Tycho was called this name after the danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, the full name is Tychonimus. Lots of info on the web about all this..Rita in Germany

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

In 1590 John Duncalf, who was then a curate at Legsby, named his first son Hamlet. John's presentation deed says on the back that he was born in Tabley in Cheshire, so he is somehow related to my Cheshire Duncalfs. He was presented to the living of Ashby Puerorum some time after 1600 by Hamlet Marshall, a local man whose name is perpetuated through the centuries (a Hamlet Marshall was baptised in 1850 and I even have one in the workhouse records). Both John and his son Hamlet are mentioned in Hamlet Marshall's will. It is my belief that HM was godfather to HD and HD was given his forename. This is a way for a previously unused forename to be introduced into a family. Hamlet did have a son Hamlet but he didn't survive infancy. He also called a son Orlando, another son that didn't survive infancy. Hamlet Duncalf was buried at South Ormsby, just before the arrival of Samuel Wesley, father of John, so Hamlet just missed being buried by John Wesley's father! There are some wonderful forenames in Lincolnshire. Several of the men in the Lincoln City Freeman register bear the forename Original, and there is one Onesiphorus (biblical, meaning "bringing profit"). In the Holland area there are several men bearing the name Aquila. It seems that even our ancestors were not averse to using names that were fashionable at the time, particularly unusual ones. It is interesting to see Queen Victoria's children's names coming into use during the 19th century. 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

Hi Sometimes unusual names can help prove family lines. I spent 5 years trying to prove that a William BORRILL who died in Hull in 1846 was the William BORRILL born in Grimoldby Lincs in 1787. Eventually there were about 10 of us pooling information trying to proove this point. William appeared to move around a lot with possible children born in several places in Lincolnshire and Bawtry. The suspicion they were one and the same William was the use of biblical names, William used Eve, Saul, Rebecca and Adam and this connected him back to his possible father John, who had also used biblical names for some of his children Moses, Rebecca, Joseph, Mark and Matthew along with the more common Ann, Mary, James and John's used by both. Eventually we had enough evidence to link nine children to William and connect them back to the Lincolnshire line. The spellings of unusual names can be frustrating to, my gggrandmother was Selicia [still not 100% sure this is how her first name should be spelt] SHIPLEY nee BRADFORD. Her birth was regisered in 1843 Solilia BRELESFORD and death in 1923 as Selici[a_] SHIPLEY and spelt lots of different ways inbetween Selina [1851], Delicia [1861] Selecha [mar], Selicha [1871], Selicha [1881], Cecilia [1891], Selecha [1901] Celicia [1911] I opted for Selicia as it was listed on a baby naming site, though Selicha apparently is Hebrew for 'excuse/pardon me' I welcome any other explanations/choices/input on the spelling of this name. Maria

Okay, Pam, thank you hugely. I have now been able to put out of my mind the question as to whether my grandmother suddenly turned up in London and there married at a somewhat older age than was usual because she had fled a previous marriage. She did not. Neither of the two Fanny Fletcher's could have been her. Sigh of relief - LOL. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: Pam Downes [mailto:pam@five-oaks.co.uk] Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 10:25 PM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] March theme - Fanny FLETCHER & a question Fanny Fletcher married Frederick Cash in Great Limber 18 Dec 1894. http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/ Fanny Fletcher married Arthur Needham, June quarter 1895. That Fanny says (1901 & 1911 census) that she was born in South Kelsey, but according to the Lincs marriage index she didn't marry in South Kelsey. Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ On 03/03/2012 02:53, Diana Robinson wrote: > My father was always known as Harry even though his forenames were Alfred > Henry, perhaps because his father was also Alfred. When looking for his > mother, I was sure I was looking for something a bit more fancy than Fanny > Fletcher - I really though the Fanny was short for something, but no, that > is her birth certificate name. > > While on the topic of Fanny, there are two records of a Fanny Fletcher > marrying, registered in Caistor, in the late 1800s. Does anyone have easy > access to the name of Fanny's father in these two cases? > > They are: > Dec. 1894 Caistor 7a, p.1313 > And > June 1895, Caistor, 7a, p.1505 > > Any answers would be very much appreciated - to support or put to death a > sneaking suspicion. > > Happy hunting! > > Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) > Now in Rochester, NY, USA > > > > > > > Warmly, > > Diana > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > >