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HelpRe: Victorian sightings
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I see a few Puritan vestiges there - of those I rather like Melior - wondering whether Writh could possibly be Ruth ...
Greenwood is a good old Yorkshire surname - but not a patch on Umfreville (wonder whether he was as pompous as his name, poor child, and what they called him for short!)
Greenwood is a good old Yorkshire surname - but not a patch on Umfreville (wonder whether he was as pompous as his name, poor child, and what they called him for short!)
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Writh is puzzling. I found a couple in the 17th century and was wondering if it was some kind of contraction of Winefrith, but it seems to be a rare surname.
Umfreville didn't even get a middle name - somebody clearly really wanted him to go by the full preposterous thing. :/
Umfreville didn't even get a middle name - somebody clearly really wanted him to go by the full preposterous thing. :/
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