Yes it does - like in Alma mater, but it was rare and became popular after 1854 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_(given_name) http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Alma.html Jean Wood > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:08:22 -0500 > Subject: Re: [NTT] Second Christian names > > > > Does the name Alma pre-date the Battle of Alma? > > > I have an Alma Hannah TAYLOR born 1863 in Portsmouth, later of Radford and Nottingham. She was the daughter of a Crimean War veteran William TAYLOR. The Battle of Alma was in September 1854. > There is of course the River Alma which gave the battle its name. > > > David in Ilkeston > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---Original Message----- > > From: Jean Wood <[email protected]> > To: bnbinns <[email protected]>; nottsgen-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:18 > Subject: Re: [NTT] Second Christian names > > > > Don't forget names following after other big events, like Alma, after the 1854 > battle, and Royal events. > > My g grandfather was born shortly after the death of Prince Albert. All his > other sblings had single, traditional family names, parents and aunts and uncles > the same classic confusion of common names. He was given Charles Albert. I have > no idea why they picked Charles! > > Jean Wood > > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:14:32 +0000 > > Subject: [NTT] Second Christian names > > > > I was researching my wife's ancestors in Sutton in Ashfield parish records > > when I found a son who I had previously been unaware of, having been born > > and died between censuses. > > > > > > > > His name was Harry Ewart Sansom JONES born 23 May 1898. I knew of the name > > Sansom as it was his mother's maiden name, but the name Ewart initially > > stumped me, as I was unaware of any relations with this name, nor any > > previous female surname. I then thought of other Ewarts and remembered that > > it was William Gladstone's middle name, and after Googling him, I found that > > he had died on 19th May 1898 . Query solved, they had obviously named him > > after one of Britain's most famous Prime Ministers. > > > > > > > > However, just being curious, I put in the Christian name Ewart in the > > "Ancestry" Births search and found that in the April-June quarter 1898 a > > staggering 649 boys were given the Christian name of Ewart, mainly as a > > second or third one, but not always. Considering these births would probably > > have occurred in the last 5 weeks of that quarter, that is some total. The > > name Ewart of course occurs in other quarters, but not with those numbers. > > Mind you, this should surprise me. Have you seen how many people were called > > Horatio Nelson XYZ? > > > > > > > > Interestingly my Great Grandmother was called Mary Inkerman LEE, after the > > eponymous battle of The Crimean War. I don't suppose we had many named John > > Falklands Smith in 1982! How times change. > > > > > > > > Brian Binns > > > > _____ > > > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4606 - Release Date: 11/09/11 > > > > > > > > Notts Surname List > > > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message