Interesting names/sib sets

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Interesting names/sib sets
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Fri, 01-26-2007 - 12:59am

I was looking up an obituary and couldn't help but notice some of the great names and sib sets listed. Thought I'd share a few ... especially for those here interested in old-fashioned names. ;)

Grace, Anna, Theresa, Margaret, Rose, and Matilda (also brothers Joseph, Albert and Michael; parents Giro and Louisa)

Anna, Ida, Cecelia and Amelia and brothers Ettor, Peter and Tony (parents John and Mary)

Wayland, married to Jane (his parents were Reuben and Alice)

Joseph, born in Austria to Leopold and Mary, sisters Matilda, Mary, Theresa and Ann; also stepfather Ignatz (a form of Ignatius ... I figured as much, so I looked it up LOL)

David (parents Waldron and Helen)

John, born in Romania to Peter and Julee, childen included Elaine and dh Stanley, Frances and dh "Snookie," Birdie and her dh Marty, Anna and dh Andre & John Jr. and his wife Robbin (I typed all the names/nns as they appeared)

Roberta, Lester, Bruce, George, Emma, Shirley and Betty (parents Lester and Roberta ), dh Gregory, deceased dh Arthur, son Arthur Jr.

Cristina, Andy, Michiko, Adrianne, Allyson, Renee, Diana, Linda, and Schimaeko (parents Andres and Donna)

Mildred, Mae, Emma, Grace, George, Floyd, and John

Dorothy, Frannie, Edward and Walter (parents Lester and Violet); dh and son Harold Sr./Jr.

Ethel, parents Albert and Mabel

Ruth, parents Earl and Lela

Emma, Vienna, Regina and Fifina and brother Rugerio, parents Pasquale and Agata

Vito, Rocco (dw Silvia), Michael, Joseph (dw Jonia), Caterina, Angelica (dh Aurelio), Barbara (dh Franco) & Domenica (dh Nicola); parents Rachele and Antonio

Cecil, Ken, Mary, Ruth, Lydia and Iris; parents Paul and Leona

Lorraine, Beatrice, Lucille, Dorothea, Marlene, Gloria, Arlene, Jacqueline, William, Darrell, Arthur and Richard; parents Wesley and Beatrice (Lorraine was my grandmother)

Gertrude, dd of Chauncey and Mary

Faye, Evelyn, Shirley, Mary, Clara, Ronald Jr., Richard, Raymond, Ronald & Claude; parents Robert and Sabina

Verna and Alice; parents John and Helen

Lilly, Rose, Angie, John & Anthony; parents Joseph and Josephine

Shea, Heather, Osheanna and Shealby, brother Kevin and step-brother, Timothy

Agnes, Mary, Joseph and Bernard; parents Bernard and Isabelle

Just thought some of those were interesting (and loved some of the sib sets). ;) Enjoy.


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Fri, 01-26-2007 - 11:33am

You know what really struck me from that list? how many Jrs there were, not only among the sons but also the daughters named after the mothers. My family is like that on my paternal gmother's side the women were all Elisabeths and the men were all Michael. I think in our search for individuality we have lost some of our history and sense of family ties, and that's too bad in a way. Although I know it's confusing for my mom who does geneology to sift through all the names that are the same...

Steph (partly named after my gfather Stephan)
wife to Frederick (Rick) (named after his gfather)
mommy to Claire Elise (middle name after my paternal gmother)

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Fri, 01-26-2007 - 12:11pm

I thought that was interesting too (that's why I included some of those ). Believe it or not, I never knew my Aunt Betty was actually Beatrice (like my great-grandmother, her mother). I always thought her given name was Elizabeth. And Lucille, who's listed next, is simply Aunt Lu. Most of them go by nns like that, so I didn't even know some of their actual names until recently. ;)

Ps. Did you notice at least one family had a child named for both parents? There may have been another like that, but I can't recall.


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Fri, 01-26-2007 - 1:54pm
I know a girl named Abigail, nn Abbie who is named after her great-grandmother Abby - everyone thought Abby's given name was Abigail, but they later discovered it was actually Ablerta :) It is so funny when thing like that happen! I like the idea of little girls named after their mothers. My favorite thing about the movie Brokeback Mountain was how they called Heath Ledgers oldest daughter Junior because she named after her mother, very cute in my book.
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Fri, 01-26-2007 - 5:31pm

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That is too funny! I think less-traditional nns were much more common with those generations ... at least it's definitely true on both sides of my family (and my husband's come to think of it).

On my mother's side, there's also a "Beatie" (I think that's the spelling they use, but basically sounds like beed-ee), that I believe is another Beatrice or possibly Beatrix, my grandmother's sister Dorothea is Dot (traditional, yes, but not as common now), my father has an Aunt Nellie, which I'd always assumed was a nn for Eleanor but it's actually for Nicoletta, and an Uncle Nof/Onofrio. My husband's great-grandmother Iona has a twin sister Iola who's always gone by "Scoop!" I'm sure it developed to avoid some serious confusion (talk about overly-matchy twin names! LOL), but I've no idea where Scoop came from.


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Sat, 01-27-2007 - 11:44pm

In the Spanish side of my DH's family the sons are always named after the fathers, and then the second sons after uncles, so there are tons of Carlos, Guillermos, Nicholas, and Raphaels. they will call them "little Nicky" or "Guillermito" or "so-and-so's Nicky" to tell them apart.

Steph

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