So what shall we call the kids?

momat · Post by **momat** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:48 am

Found this lot which amused me.Fortunately not mine.
Obliterating surname for privacy
All born to the same parents in the mid 1800s
Children to D*****D
Julius Caesar
Napoleon
Josephine
Constantine
Hannibal
Elizabeth
Louise

SandySandilands · Post by **SandySandilands** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:59 pm

At least you wouldn't, or shouldn't, come across too many at the same time with the same name.

On my maternal line there was a tendency to call a child - Fish Fish - I kid you not.

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/ ... search.asp

Muriel · Post by **Muriel** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:54 pm

Somebody liked history

- or had delusions of grandeur perhaps

Muriel

Post by **paddyscar** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:50 pm

Hi Maureen:

I hope they dropped that tendency as they moved into the 20th century! Although, it does make it easy to identify your family

Frances

Currie · Post by **Currie** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:48 pm

You shouldn’t laugh at people’s names, it’s cruel, but not as cruel as the parents who gave them.

Here’s some from FreeBMD.

Births Dec 1849
W*LK*NS, Happy Always - Dursley 11316

Births Sep 1860
J*NES, Happy Knights - W London 1c47

Births Mar 1875
Ch*rch, Happy Clam - Bosmere 4a608

Births Dec 1866
Byw*t*r, Sir E A E H C H K H - Dudley 6c80

Happy was/is much more popular in England than it was/is in Scotland. The last one only has initials for the middle names.

All the best,
Alan

Post by **joette** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:50 pm

That cheered me up I reckon they were trying to have their children stand out from all the John's,Mary's & James's.
I thought Fish Fish was a wind-up though!

momat · Post by **momat** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:23 am

At least we now know that unusual naming is not just a modern day "Celeb" fad.
I think I would rather see the Julius Caesars than some of the modern concoctions
like naming their children after car models or overrated sports people.

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:09 pm

Forgive my ignorance

but who was Louise?

Post by **joette** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:57 pm

I'm presuming it's Princess Louise daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.Then Duchess of Argyll but not THAT Duchess of Argyll.

momat · Post by **momat** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:43 pm

I would assume she was Queen Louise (of Prussia) as all the other names are of historic value.
Would love to know what the parents background was for them to have chosen those names.
Maybe I will do some hunting and see what comes up . Be a change from my

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