An appeal to all naming experts...... Farquhar was a given name in multiple generations of a Gaspe, Quebec, Canada, McRae family, beginning with a son of Duncan & Margaret McIntosh b. c. 1777. Are there known variants? was Farquhar anglicized to something else? Charles, per chance? I'm having a problem with a Charles & a Farquhar seeming to be the same person???? - ie baptism of a Charles, 1849, but no Charles on subsequent census, no record of infant death found. A Farquhar of the right age is shown in this family on multiple census but no record of birth has been found..... I'm stumped! & hoping someone can sort me out. Martha
Hi Martha, Two scenarios here. He could have been baptized Charles but his family called him by his middle name. Or as happened in our family, the priest said Farquhar wasn't a name and baptized him Charles. My father's name was Rex, my young brother was named Rex but baptized Reginald as the priest said Rex wasn't a person's name. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Costello" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:42 AM Subject: [SCOTLAND] Farquhar as given name - variants?? > An appeal to all naming experts...... > > Farquhar was a given name in multiple generations of a Gaspe, Quebec, > Canada, McRae family, beginning with a son of Duncan & Margaret > McIntosh b. c. 1777. > > Are there known variants? was Farquhar anglicized to something else? > Charles, per chance? > I'm having a problem with a Charles & a Farquhar seeming to be the > same person???? - ie baptism of a Charles, 1849, but no Charles on > subsequent census, no record of infant death found. A Farquhar of the > right age is shown in this family on multiple census but no record of > birth has been found..... > > I'm stumped! & hoping someone can sort me out. > > Martha > > ------------------------------- > 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: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.5/1537 - Release Date: 7/6/2008 > 5:26 AM > >