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KeithInFujairah

KeithInFujairah Report 19 Jan 2007 18:08

Hi all, I have had this unusual birth record pointed out to me today:- Q1 1864, Cope, Leicester Railway, Leicester, 7a 186. Anyone found any other good names?

Pete

Pete Report 19 Jan 2007 18:41

Didn't the Beckhams name a son after the place of his conception? It does make you wonder how this poor soul was burdened with this name. I have just checked and found him on the 1871 census in Derbyshire with his parents and siblings. All the other family members were born in Derbyshire, perhaps mum gave birth on the slow train home. Pete

Rachel

Rachel Report 19 Jan 2007 19:02

what about this wee mite. 1851 census Name: Railway Bay [Railway Boy] Age: 8 Estimated birth year: abt 1843 Relation: Fonddling Gender: Male Where born: K N Left IN A Gartway Carrage Civil parish: Litchurch County/Island: Derbyshire Country: England He's in a work house

Hilary

Hilary Report 19 Jan 2007 19:12

I had a great aunt Decimer, she was the tenth child.

Helen

Helen Report 19 Jan 2007 19:15

OH has a great great uncle Septimus - Uncle Seppy - seventh child. By their latin was up to scratch wasn't it?! Helen.

Hilary

Hilary Report 19 Jan 2007 20:29

Yes, 'very clever for ag. lab' said my o.h. - cheek!

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 19 Jan 2007 20:50

I will reel out my Brighton Gay - a farm labourer from Cornwall! maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 19 Jan 2007 21:05

OH has an ancestor Vicesima ..... means 21. Family lore has it that this family had 20 children, all survived except that # 20 died soon after birth. So, they had another child to bring the number back to 20. Vicesima was the baby of the family, born about 2 years after her youngest sibling. Her name does fit with the family lore, except ..... ...... no-one can find any record of No 20!

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Fiona

Fiona Report 19 Jan 2007 21:08

Births Mar 1906 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steel Iron Ringwood 2b 685

Carter

Carter Report 19 Jan 2007 23:10

i once came across this poor unfortunate ladies name - perhaps she is a servant of david guest !! 1881 England Census Census View Image Name: Vagina Prior Birth: Chelsea, Middlesex, England Residence: 1881 - Chelsea, London, England