At least with those odd names it's easier to trace the family rather than naming all the children John, Wm, Mary etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "CarolynChappellNelson" <[email protected]> To: "Jennie Vertrees" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: "Jennie Vertrees" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] first names > > There's a little boy on the 1850 Census in one of my NC Counties named > Fishbite Smith. > > Folks could be pretty funny...still can, I guess! > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Jennie Vertrees" <[email protected]> >> I've done genealogical research for over 50 years and I started writing >> down >> strange names. One which caused me to chuckle was Preserved Fish. I >> wrote >> about that as a funny name and sent it to one of the genealogical sites I >> frequent and a party wrote back that that person was a male relative of >> hers and >> she didn't know why he'd been called that either. >> >> I'm an RN and used to work in a newborn nursery in Denver, CO. A baby >> girl >> born, while I was working there, was named Winter Wheat ---------. >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1857 - Release Date: > 12/19/2008 10:09 AM > >