Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

1916? or 2011?

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

vanessa

vanessa Report 17 Dec 2011 00:40

while trawling baptism registers for my grandmother's brother, I came across a child baptised "Ocean". I thought that this was a name more in keeping with the early 21st century rather than the early 20th !!!! has anyone else heard of this name? not even sure if the child was male or female.
Ocean was born to Frances and baptised july 9 1916 at St george Church Gravesend.

Researching:
eves manley bartholomew humphrey carter moore - mostly kent and essex

mgnv

mgnv Report 17 Dec 2011 02:35

I don't know about Ocean, but Engine is used for both sexes:

Births Mar 1875 (>99%)
GARSIDE Matilda Engine Bramley 9b 414

Marriages Sep 1906 (>99%)
DAILLY Paul Engine N Holborn 1b 1541

vanessa

vanessa Report 17 Dec 2011 03:03

i wonder if that should actually be EUGENE OR EUGENIE??
v :-D

Researching:
eves manley bartholomew humphrey carter moore - mostly kent and essex

Cheshiremaid

Cheshiremaid Report 17 Dec 2011 03:34


May be of help Vanessa...by just adding Ocean as a christian name into the search engine of the newly updated familysearch.org it came up with this baptism amongst others...

Name: Ocean Emeline Freebody
Gender: Female
Burial Date: 09 Jul 1880
Burial Place: Holy Trinity, Kingston-Upon-Hull, England
Death Date:
Death Place:
Age: 51
Birth Date: 1829

Linda

vanessa

vanessa Report 17 Dec 2011 03:37

Hi Linda
obviously not as obscure as I thought!
it just looked out of place amongst all the "floral" names and those more traditional names that I at least associated with those times.

Researching:
eves manley bartholomew humphrey carter moore - mostly kent and essex

Kense

Kense Report 17 Dec 2011 08:19

Just do a search for firstname "Ocean" on FreeBMD and there are about 60 firstnames starting with Ocean spread evenly from 1837 to 1951.

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 17 Dec 2011 19:59

I know a female Ocean.

Gwyn

Derek

Derek Report 18 Dec 2011 12:31

I know an Indian called Ocean...(sorry!! lol)

Researching:
anything that anybody needs in Derbyshire /Notts?East Yorkshire.....but mainly Derbys