Hi We are all probably a bit fed up with these two by now. Neither of these names would have struck me as odd but I am nearer to the generation that would have used them as forenames. But thought someone may be interested to know that Zenobia was a queen of Palmyra (part of the Roman Province of Syria) in about the 3rd century AD. Actually, she had a second husband with a middle name of Septimius (not quite the same) Having experienced what is euphemistically known as "a full life", she has cropped up in operas, books and art, which explains the common Victorian usage. I suspect the father of these 2 persons had a classical education , which would account for their use in this case. To add a Northern touch, Lucius Septimus Severus was responsible for improving Hadrian's Wall(about 2nd century?) Regards Glenda

On 25/03/2010 11:39, glendalight@manx.net wrote: > We are all probably a bit fed up with these two by now. We really are drifting off-topic here. Unless someone has anything new which has a local relevance and is directly related to the original query, I think we'd better close this thread. Brian -- Brian Pears (Gateshead, UK) http://www.bpears.org.uk/ Joint List Admin NORTHUMBRIA Genealogy Mailing List GENUKI Northumberland Maintainer