I must contribute again! When in the RAF, one of my Station Commanders was a Noel Christmas with daughter Mary. Onto surnames . In the village I grew up in there was an Easter and Christmas. I not FreeBMD lists Spring and Autumn as surnames. Interesting to see if they all occur in one district and in the correct quarter! David On 11/27/2015 4:43 AM, Caroline Bell via wrote: > “On a seasonal note” > > > And my OH’s gt. uncle Christmas Bell – born Holkham 1896 died of wounds 1917. > > Caroline > > > > > From: Nivard Ovington via > Sent: 26 November 2015 20:12 > To: Pauline Taylor;norfolk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NFK] Names > > > Hi Pauline > > Yes there are some great names aren't there, just before Halloween I > found a family of DRACULAs in New Jersey which I thought quite fitting > at the time :-) > > I come from a Catholic family, Nivard was the youngest brother of St > Bernard who founded Clairvaux Abbey in 1155, I also had brothers Bernard > and Gerard another sibling of St Bernard, I suppose I got away light as > he also had a sister Humbeline so good job I wasn't a girl then ;-) > > On a seasonal note there are quite a few Mary CHRISTMAS around in > various records, each would of course have a Father CHRISTMAS :-) > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 26/11/2015 18:49, Pauline Taylor wrote: >> I never realized that my name had been so popular Nivard, but where does >> yours come from? >> >> How about Drusilla Zenobia on my tree !! >> >> Pauline >> Colchester. Britain's First City. > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-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 NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus