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My grandmother went to school with a girl named Ophelia Legg....in the early 1900's. I always thought it was funny how tickled she got when she'd tell me that. :-)
I like having some fun when I compile a fact sheet.
Does anyone not remember the Judi Dench TV show 'as time goes by' ?
Below is the "Mrs Bale" I came across.
We had just put that series back in our queue to rewatch.
I don't have any names to post about, but I'm enjoying this thread.
My great, great grandfather was named Jesse James. This unusual name makes me wish i could have met my great, great, great grandparents! Who names their child after an outlaw? lol
Do any of your long ago relatives have interesting names?
Well, if my great-great-great-grandfather had been named Jesse James he would not have been named for the outlaw. All of my great-great-great-grandfathers were born before the notorious Jesse Woodson James of Missouri.
My grandmother went to school with a girl named Ophelia Legg....in the early 1900's. I always thought it was funny how tickled she got when she'd tell me that. :-)
Are you sure your grandmother wasn't pulling your legg? Maybe her Ophelia Legg was related to the famous Ophelia Pulse of folklore fame. Or the legendary Hogg sisters of Texas, Ima and Ura.
I have a friend who came from Italy as a child after WW-II and the immigration agent did not change the family surname but did Americanize the kids' first names. He grew up with the name that he was given upon entry but is still a common Italian given name, just made a bit simpler than what it was. My guess is that the agent just off-handedly and unofficially told him what his name would be, and the family adopted it.
My wife's great grandfather was named Václav, which he changed to William on his final naturalization papers. The name is actually translated to Wenceslas but that was still too foreign sounding.
I have some distant old relatives with the surname Dumbell. It is actually an old name from England and has nothing to do with the modern dumbbell. My guess is that the name might have weighed heavily on them in more modern times. You don't see it much.
My own surname is a derived like a nickname, like adding "-ie" on the surname Brown for Brownie. Probably a pub name. Another shirttail relative was known as "Blackie", but the actual name was something like Haulk -- which doesn't relate to black. It is sort of a dit (called by) name as was used in French communities. My great uncles were part of an Irish street gang around 1900 and they all had names like "Snake" or "Bull" instead of their actual names.
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