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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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