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HelpEye-catchers from an 1871 Publication, Batch 1 (49 names)
These caught my eye while scanning through hundreds of pages of an 1871 publication detailing the descendants of my 10th gr grandfather. Combos are first and middle names, unless otherwise noted. This batch comprises "A" - "D" finds. I've not yet looked up the ones unfamiliar/vaguely-familiar to me, so am interested to see how many are in the data base. Come on blue links...
"A" Female:
Abiah - AKA Abijah, per publication
Abzada Estelle
Ada Guile
Adna
Allura Carrie
Alma Emerette
Almeda Diantha
Alsemena Frances
Altheda
Amarilla Jane
Arixene
Arta Mary
Asenath
Azubah
"A" Male:
Abbot Ely
Abiel
Adonijah
Adoniram
Alanson
Almon
Alpheus
Alvarado
Amasa
Archelaus Chadwick
Arthur Montague
Asahel
Asaph
Azariah
"B" Female:
Birdie Jay
"B" Male:
Bela William
Bliss
Burritt
"C" Female:
Chloe Tryphena
Clarina Adell
Climena
Comfort
Cornelia Wilder
"C" Male:
Cassius Lincoln
Chapel
Chauncey
Cyrus Elmer
"D" Female:
Damaris
Deborah - my 7th gr grandmother
Desire - my 6th gr grandmother
Desire BACON - given name & SURNAME
Diadema
"D" Male:
Dewey
Dorus - yep; not "Doris"
Dyer
"A" Female:
Abiah - AKA Abijah, per publication
Abzada Estelle
Ada Guile
Adna
Allura Carrie
Alma Emerette
Almeda Diantha
Alsemena Frances
Altheda
Amarilla Jane
Arixene
Arta Mary
Asenath
Azubah
"A" Male:
Abbot Ely
Abiel
Adonijah
Adoniram
Alanson
Almon
Alpheus
Alvarado
Amasa
Archelaus Chadwick
Arthur Montague
Asahel
Asaph
Azariah
"B" Female:
Birdie Jay
"B" Male:
Bela William
Bliss
Burritt
"C" Female:
Chloe Tryphena
Clarina Adell
Climena
Comfort
Cornelia Wilder
"C" Male:
Cassius Lincoln
Chapel
Chauncey
Cyrus Elmer
"D" Female:
Damaris
Deborah - my 7th gr grandmother
Desire - my 6th gr grandmother
Desire BACON - given name & SURNAME
Diadema
"D" Male:
Dewey
Dorus - yep; not "Doris"
Dyer
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Desire Bacon made me crack up so hard.
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Desire was passed down repeatedly through the generations of descendants but I certainly wouldn't choose to bestow it as a first name if my surname were BACON. :)
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Another poster suggested that Dorus might have come from Theodorus. I believe his bio said he was a military man.
I'm no anthropologist...were any folks vegetarian in the late 17th - 19th centuries? I tend to think of vegetarianism and, more particularly, veganism (are those words?) as being luxury lifestyle choices enabled by modern technology and transport/storage systems, simply because those diets require a very broad variety of grown/gathered foods available year 'round for proper nutrition.
Funny, I related Amarilla to Amaryllis..."sparkling Jane". :)
I'm no anthropologist...were any folks vegetarian in the late 17th - 19th centuries? I tend to think of vegetarianism and, more particularly, veganism (are those words?) as being luxury lifestyle choices enabled by modern technology and transport/storage systems, simply because those diets require a very broad variety of grown/gathered foods available year 'round for proper nutrition.
Funny, I related Amarilla to Amaryllis..."sparkling Jane". :)
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I was surprised to see Guile as it seems rather an "anti-virtue" and these were highly-religious folks but maybe it's also a surname or place name or such, or perhaps she's meant to use her "gift of guile" to thwart "the serpent".
Arthur Montague and Chauncey are among my favorites as well; I have a Chauncey in my more direct family tree, brother to my 3rd gr grandfather on another line.
Desire, as with many of these names, was passed down a lot through the various lines of descendants but, even if I loved it more than any other name, I don't think I'd bestow it as a fn when my surname is BACON, or anything else that makes a humorous phrase.
Arthur Montague and Chauncey are among my favorites as well; I have a Chauncey in my more direct family tree, brother to my 3rd gr grandfather on another line.
Desire, as with many of these names, was passed down a lot through the various lines of descendants but, even if I loved it more than any other name, I don't think I'd bestow it as a fn when my surname is BACON, or anything else that makes a humorous phrase.
This message was edited 3/28/2015, 8:39 AM
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I'll bet you're right about Theodorus; hadn't thought of that. If I recall, his bio said he was a military man.
This publication details the descendants of an early settler in Massachusetts, so there is a heavy "Puritan"/"virtue"/biblical style to their naming and they seem to enjoy handing down family names through the generations, even the really obscure ones, or at least obscure to us in our time.
I also noticed a good smattering of handing down names (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, etc. as firsts and middles) honoring our American founding fathers; would make sense that early American principals, particularly freedom of religious worship, were important to these folks.
Interestingly, to me at least, many of these large families feature one, or two or three, "out there" names while the remaining siblings bear very common traditional/biblical names.
I noted several Hepzibah(s) right in there with siblings bearing very serious "virtue"/religous names, so I'm guessing that name then had none of its "witchy" vibe we tend to think of today. (Nothing wrong with Hepzibah in my book.)
This publication details the descendants of an early settler in Massachusetts, so there is a heavy "Puritan"/"virtue"/biblical style to their naming and they seem to enjoy handing down family names through the generations, even the really obscure ones, or at least obscure to us in our time.
I also noticed a good smattering of handing down names (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, etc. as firsts and middles) honoring our American founding fathers; would make sense that early American principals, particularly freedom of religious worship, were important to these folks.
Interestingly, to me at least, many of these large families feature one, or two or three, "out there" names while the remaining siblings bear very common traditional/biblical names.
I noted several Hepzibah(s) right in there with siblings bearing very serious "virtue"/religous names, so I'm guessing that name then had none of its "witchy" vibe we tend to think of today. (Nothing wrong with Hepzibah in my book.)
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Desire Bacon. BEST. NAME. EVER. -
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Hehe...don't care for bacon, myself.
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Oh good! Truth is I've been busy and hadn't completely decided to spend the time extracting and posting these until I read your recent post about indulging in unusual names to lift your spirits; I thought you might like these and maybe others would too. Of course, many of them had/have me curious. :)
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