Happy new year to all listers. My grandfather Richard Hockings was born in Lympstone, Devon in 1865. He moved to London, Drury Lane, to work for his aunt Ann Shears (Hockings) and her husband Richard in 1881. I would like to know why he was given the middle name House (his aunt's husband's surname) when it was more normal for a child to take their mothers maiden name (hers was Coventon). Thank you Lynn

Hello Lynn and happy new year to you and all other listers. Have you considered that Richard House Hockings was the godson of his aunt or her husband? Children were often given a godparents name especially if it was thought that they might be mentioned in the godparent's will. This happened in a branch of my family when a child was given his godfather's surname of West as his name, the godfather was incredibly rich but my branch, to which the child belonged, were not!! Its not hard to work out the reasoning of the parents is it. Just an idea, hope it helps, Pauline Taylor Colchester. Britain's First City. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lynn Kitson via" <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 11:40 AM To: "Middx" <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Subject: [MDX] Home Fires - Richard House HOCKINGS > Happy new year to all listers. > My grandfather Richard Hockings was born in Lympstone, Devon in 1865. He > moved to London, Drury Lane, to work for his aunt Ann Shears (Hockings) > and her husband Richard in 1881. I would like to know why he was given > the middle name House (his aunt's husband's surname) when it was more > normal for a child to take their mothers maiden name (hers was Coventon). > Thank you > Lynn > > > . > ************************************** > Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* all > previous messages EXCEPT the one to which you are replying. > > *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie name or topic, date and place with surnames > only in CAPS. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > The List Archive, containing all messages posted, can be found at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk > > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is a marriage that fits for Richard NAME:Richard Hockings ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR:abt 1865 AGE:32 SPOUSE:Florence Theodora House SPOUSE AGE:19 RECORD TYPE:Marriage EVENT DATE:28 Feb 1897 PARISH:St George, Bloomsbury BOROUGH:Camden FATHER NAME:Lewis Hockings SPOUSE FATHER:Charles House REGISTER TYPE:Parish Register Margaret On Tuesday, 6 January 2015 4:24 AM, Pauline Taylor via <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> wrote: Hello Lynn and happy new year to you and all other listers. Have you considered that Richard House Hockings was the godson of his aunt or her husband? Children were often given a godparents name especially if it was thought that they might be mentioned in the godparent's will. This happened in a branch of my family when a child was given his godfather's surname of West as his name, the godfather was incredibly rich but my branch, to which the child belonged, were not!! Its not hard to work out the reasoning of the parents is it. Just an idea, hope it helps, Pauline Taylor Colchester. Britain's First City. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lynn Kitson via" <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 11:40 AM To: "Middx" <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Subject: [MDX] Home Fires - Richard House HOCKINGS > Happy new year to all listers. > My grandfather Richard Hockings was born in Lympstone, Devon in 1865. He > moved to London, Drury Lane, to work for his aunt Ann Shears (Hockings) > and her husband Richard in 1881. I would like to know why he was given > the middle name House (his aunt's husband's surname) when it was more > normal for a child to take their mothers maiden name (hers was Coventon). > Thank you > Lynn > > > . > ************************************** > Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* all > previous messages EXCEPT the one to which you are replying. > > *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie name or topic, date and place with surnames > only in CAPS. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > > The List Archive, containing all messages posted, can be found at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk > > . > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message .. ************************************** Send your List messages using *PLAIN TEXT* and always *DELETE* all previous messages EXCEPT the one to which you are replying. *MEANINGFUL Subject Lines* ie name or topic, date and place with surnames only in CAPS. List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com The List Archive, containing all messages posted, can be found at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=middlesex_county_uk .. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message