LOL, My Dad's first name was Vickers and I have never heard that used for a first name on anyone else in my entire life. I wish I had asked, but now it is too late and I have no idea where it came from and why grandma chose that for him................ On 4/5/2005, " Pam C." <plculver@pcisys.net> wrote: >Does anyone know where the name "Ellsworth" would come from? It was my >great-grandfather's given name, so I'm curious. There was a long tradition >in some of my lines of using the mother's maiden name as a son's first name >(i.e. Lydia Hawley m. Aaron Sanford, named son Hawley Sanford), but >Ellsworth never shows up as a surname in those lines. It's not a common >name, so does anyone know the origin? >Pam > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. >

That is curious. There's a Vickers Dr. here in Colorado Springs. Pam ----- Original Message ----- > LOL, My Dad's first name was Vickers and I have never heard that used > for a first name on anyone else in my entire life. I wish I had asked, > but now it is too late and I have no idea where it came from and why > grandma chose that for him................

Well, it is a fairly common last name, but not for a first name..... On 4/5/2005, " Pam C." <plculver@pcisys.net> wrote: >That is curious. There's a Vickers Dr. here in Colorado Springs. >Pam >----- Original Message ----- >> LOL, My Dad's first name was Vickers and I have never heard that used >> for a first name on anyone else in my entire life. I wish I had asked, >> but now it is too late and I have no idea where it came from and why >> grandma chose that for him................ > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. >

My name is Vicki but my mother and husband call me Vickers. I have never heard of anyone else called that either. Vicki -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Hazlett [mailto:charlie@hazlett.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 3:37 PM To: OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHGALLIA-L] Merton Ellsworth Cooper LOL, My Dad's first name was Vickers and I have never heard that used for a first name on anyone else in my entire life. I wish I had asked, but now it is too late and I have no idea where it came from and why grandma chose that for him................ On 4/5/2005, " Pam C." <plculver@pcisys.net> wrote: >Does anyone know where the name "Ellsworth" would come from? It was my >great-grandfather's given name, so I'm curious. There was a long tradition >in some of my lines of using the mother's maiden name as a son's first name >(i.e. Lydia Hawley m. Aaron Sanford, named son Hawley Sanford), but >Ellsworth never shows up as a surname in those lines. It's not a common >name, so does anyone know the origin? >Pam > > >==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== >Please keep your topic related to genealogical research >in Gallia County, Ohio. > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== If you want to unsubscribe to the list, send an email to OHGALLIA-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe in the text of the email.