This is not a name I am researching but out of curiosity just wondered if anyone has ever come across the name.Years ago an old lady lived next door to me here in Nottingham by the name of Gladys Spencer and when she died her very elderly sisters gave me all her cut glass items and her baptism and prayer book.The name in the book,which was given as a present to her in 1915 was from R.B. Dalipurple or it could be dalpimple ,just cant make out the writing.Has anyone ever come across a name like it please.Maggie.

Hi Maggie It sounds like it might be DALRYMPLE There are few DALRYMPLE in Notts in 1911 but no RB If you have any addresses for 1911 I can check them if you wish Was Gladys a spinster or was that her married name? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > This is not a name I am researching but out of curiosity just wondered if > anyone has ever come across the name.Years ago an old lady lived next door > to me here in Nottingham by the name of Gladys Spencer and when she died her > very elderly sisters gave me all her cut glass items and her baptism and > prayer book.The name in the book,which was given as a present to her in 1915 > was from R.B. Dalipurple or it could be dalpimple ,just cant make out the > writing.Has anyone ever come across a name like it please.Maggie.

From: "Margaret thompson" <[email protected]> > This is not a name I am researching but out of curiosity just > wondered if anyone has ever come across the name.Years ago an old lady lived > next door to me here in Nottingham by the name of Gladys Spencer and when she > died her very elderly sisters gave me all her cut glass items and her baptism > and prayer book.The name in the book,which was given as a present to her > in 1915 > was from R.B. Dalipurple or it could be dalpimple ,just cant make > out the writing.Has anyone ever come across a name like it please.Maggie. > The name was almost certainly DALRYMPLE or DALRIMPLE. Enter these names into FreeBMD and you will find lots of examples - the former spelling being by far the most common. Surname dictionaries say it's a Scottish surname from the former barony of Dalrymple, a place in Ayrshire. Enter it into the IGI at FamilySearch, ticking the exact spelling box, and you will see that this confirms it overwhelmingly as a Scottish name. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Surnames by Hanks and Hodges, the Dalrymple family held the Earldom of Stair in Kyle, Aryshire, and can be traced to one William de Dalrymple in 1429. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE