I think that I would want to know, if at all possible, how many of the male population were sailors. Living at that distance from the coast, it's possible that many of them were employed in seagoing occupations but, equally, most of them may have been able to earn their livings in agriculture or other similar landbased employment. If there were a lot of sailors, then naming their daughters after the patron saint of sailors might have been regarded as a good luck token in the hope that St. Barbara would take special care of the fathers of girls so named. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy" <[email protected]> To: "Norman Lee" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Wives names > Dear Audrey, > > Frithelstock and the others are about 10 miles inland, near Gt Torrington. > For me, here in the midst of the cornfields of Illinois, it's coastal! > But probably not considered so in Devon : ) Guess inland can be a > relative term.... > > Betsy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Norman Lee" <[email protected]> > To: "Betsy" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:39 PM > Subject: Re: [OEL] Wives names > > >> Dear Betsy >> >> Was this inland Devon or near the coast? St. Barbara is the patron saint >> of sailors. >> >> Audrey >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 21/07/2006 > >