On 29/12/2011 8:05 AM, Kerry Raymond wrote: >> The Edward's "Howson" middle name is his mothers maiden name and Cyril's >> middle name is his grandmothers maiden name > > This kind of naming is very common in some families, usually for boys, > but sometimes also for girls. > >> And last but not least by Grandmother who's brother's these two were >> had the middle name "Ulian" - any ideas where that might have come from. > > Well, Ulian does come up as a surname but not as a particularly common > one (e.g. it appears once in the entire FreeBMD). > > However, when dealing with rare and unusual names, it is worth > considering whether you are seeing a transcription error. In this case, > Ulian as a middle name for a girl looks a lot like a transcription error > of "Lilian". Does her name consistently appear as Ulian in all her BDM > records? > > Kerry > > Thanks for that. I've now done some more checking and it is Lilian, never new Granma's full name was Dora Lilian Freda Crockford. Alan