Not as far as I know, but then we’re only back to their paternal grandparents on that line. Some of their 9 siblings have second given names but they are all ‘normal’ for given names. Worth bearing in mind for the future though. Thanks for the thought. Bob M > > From: Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> > Date: 28 November 2015 at 11:35:16 GMT > To: norfolk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NFK] NORFOLK Digest, Vol 10, Issue 177 > > > Are MOUSE & WEASEL previous family surnames perhaps? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 28/11/2015 11:28, Bob Marshall via wrote: >> A couple of names from my wife’s tree are unlikely to ever prove popular. >> >> Twin sisters, b Q4 1859, to her 3xgreat grandparents Henry & Susan Mollison, were named Minnie Mouse and Winnie Weasel. (Could be where Walt Disney got the idea from?) They were their 10th and 11th children so they may have run out of ideas. >> >> Whatever, Winnie certainly used both names. Weasel (Weazel in some) appears in marriage and other records. >> >> Minnie, who never married, stuck with using just the one! >> >> Bob M >