I was greatly cheered to learn that the Mets baseball team had sent Tim Tebow to their AA minor team, the Rumble Ponies, in Binghamton, New York. On his at bat, on the first throw, he hit a three-run homer.... Way to go, Tim Tebow! I've always loved the man and he is following his dream. Good on him!
The new American Spring League Football season will start the week after the 2019 Super Bowl. There will be 8 teams the first year and the league has been set up by ex-professional football players. The announcement of the first city to host a team and the first announced head coach for that team made me sit up and smile - Orlando Florida and Steve Spurrier. Hoping to see some great things - take me back to the Tampa Bay Bandits!
At the moment the weather forecast for the Spring Round-up on Assateague Island at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is fantastic for mid-April. I hope everything goes well this Friday and Saturday and that the long-unseen will turn up alive and well...
I found a name yesterday in the 1900 US Census yesterday that I really liked - Tilelka - and then I just rolled laughing because another name hit me just smack dab on the funny-bone: a man named Rolla A. Hole....
We're a little over 3 weeks away from the first Saturday in May - which always, for me, means the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. This year will be the 144th Run For the Roses, and will be broadcast live on NBC television. The race is scheduled to begin at 6:50 pm (EDT), and there will probably be the full number of entries, limited to 20, and based on points earned in other graded races...
1. Good Magic (134)
2. Audible (110)
Noble Indy (110)
3. Vino Rosso (107)
4. Bolt d'Oro (104)
5. Enticed (103)
6. Mendelssohn (100)
Justify (100)
7. Flameaway (70)
8. Bravazo (54)
9. Promises Fulfilled (52)
10. Magnum Moon (50)
Runaway Ghost (50)
Quip (50)
11. Free Drop Billy (44)
12. Lone Sailor (42)
13. Hofburg (40)
14. Firenze Fire (39)
15. Solomini (38)
16. My Boy Jack (32)
17. Instilled Regard (29)
18. Snapper Sinclair (22)
Combatant (22)
Blended Citizen (22)
19. Reride (20)
Dream Baby Dream (20)
Restoring Hope (20)
Old Time Revival (20)
Showing posts with label names. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Genealogy Research - And Odd or Unusual Names
I started working on my family genealogy soon after my father passed away when I was 24 years old. I realized that I had never met any of my father's relatives, that I could remember. In actuality, I saw several of them before I was four years old, and I believe Dad's sister visited us in Texas before I was 5. Otherwise, Dad's family were just old photos from the 1940s and names. I spoke with his sister-in-law on the day that he died on the telephone. I really don't know why we didn't visit Dad's family over the years - we visited his friends from 20-plus years in the Navy, and their families; and we spent most vacations on the island in Virginia, where Mom's family had lived for over 350 years. But Dad's family? I wouldn't have known them had I met them in the street.
I started building information on my Dad's family through his sister-in-law, Theoda Gwenn Smith Nocks, who was married to Dad's older brother. She sent me copies of obituaries and old photos, and got me filled in on the previous two generations of her husband's family. This was in the mid-1980s, when the internet wasn't easily available, nor was much genealogy information on line, at that time. I spent a lot of time in the University of Florida archives, reading through old US Federal Censi on microfilm, and hoping to find a break.
In the late 1980's I was referred to the Church of Latter Day Saints' local research library, and I was able to build my tree even more. Since the world-wide-web has come into being, with all sorts of information, I have been able to delve even further back. I am still stuck on my Swedish great-great-grandparents, though. I have seen three different renderings of their names, but have been unable to locate any of them, separately, or together in the Swedish records that are available (for free) on-line. I hope to find and document them at some time...
In the meantime, I have run into quite a few remarkable and memorable names... Some belong to my family, and some have just caught my eye as I was looking for someone else. My favorites from family are: Hepzibah Starbuck (of Nantucket) who married Captain Joshua Hussey, producing the full name of Hepzibah Starbuck Hussey. It rolls rather pleasantly from the tongue, doesn't it? Another relative is Hatevil Hall - actually there are more than thirty (30) Hateveil Halls in my family lineage, as each eldest son of each son born into the Hall family, named their first-born son Hatevil. (And it is pronounced like two words - Hate Evil.) Some wrote an article about unusual names, and wondered if Hatevil Hall really hated evil. Well, the first few Hatevil Halls were Quaker elders, so I would say that they did hate evil. I also have a great-uncle named Eighty One (or Eight One) Mobley - his father George gave most of his children unusual names: Respino, Kilpatrick DeGrosse, Genoa Veve, etc. Eight One got his name because he was born one minute after midnight on 1 January 1881... My grandmother's brother was named Robert Raymond Lancaster, and he'd tell the Census-takers that the R. R. stood for different names every ten years - Rocky Road, Rail Ryder, River Raider, and so on. At least I knew ahead of time that Uncle Ray had a warped sense of humor.
Recently I have also found the names John Diklis, Joe Fuzee Cretein, Worty Wartes, and a couple named Johnson - the wife was Eused and the husband was Noway....
If you decide to look into your family tree, I highly recommend the LDS website called Family Search. You can choose to share your family tree information, or not to do so. The site can be found at: https://www.familysearch.org/
I started building information on my Dad's family through his sister-in-law, Theoda Gwenn Smith Nocks, who was married to Dad's older brother. She sent me copies of obituaries and old photos, and got me filled in on the previous two generations of her husband's family. This was in the mid-1980s, when the internet wasn't easily available, nor was much genealogy information on line, at that time. I spent a lot of time in the University of Florida archives, reading through old US Federal Censi on microfilm, and hoping to find a break.
In the late 1980's I was referred to the Church of Latter Day Saints' local research library, and I was able to build my tree even more. Since the world-wide-web has come into being, with all sorts of information, I have been able to delve even further back. I am still stuck on my Swedish great-great-grandparents, though. I have seen three different renderings of their names, but have been unable to locate any of them, separately, or together in the Swedish records that are available (for free) on-line. I hope to find and document them at some time...
In the meantime, I have run into quite a few remarkable and memorable names... Some belong to my family, and some have just caught my eye as I was looking for someone else. My favorites from family are: Hepzibah Starbuck (of Nantucket) who married Captain Joshua Hussey, producing the full name of Hepzibah Starbuck Hussey. It rolls rather pleasantly from the tongue, doesn't it? Another relative is Hatevil Hall - actually there are more than thirty (30) Hateveil Halls in my family lineage, as each eldest son of each son born into the Hall family, named their first-born son Hatevil. (And it is pronounced like two words - Hate Evil.) Some wrote an article about unusual names, and wondered if Hatevil Hall really hated evil. Well, the first few Hatevil Halls were Quaker elders, so I would say that they did hate evil. I also have a great-uncle named Eighty One (or Eight One) Mobley - his father George gave most of his children unusual names: Respino, Kilpatrick DeGrosse, Genoa Veve, etc. Eight One got his name because he was born one minute after midnight on 1 January 1881... My grandmother's brother was named Robert Raymond Lancaster, and he'd tell the Census-takers that the R. R. stood for different names every ten years - Rocky Road, Rail Ryder, River Raider, and so on. At least I knew ahead of time that Uncle Ray had a warped sense of humor.
Recently I have also found the names John Diklis, Joe Fuzee Cretein, Worty Wartes, and a couple named Johnson - the wife was Eused and the husband was Noway....
If you decide to look into your family tree, I highly recommend the LDS website called Family Search. You can choose to share your family tree information, or not to do so. The site can be found at: https://www.familysearch.org/
Saturday, September 3, 2016
First and Second Names
My sister and i have been discussing names for boys, as she's soon to be a grandmother again. She was telling me how much she liked the names "William Todd" and hoped her kids would name the new baby that. I looked at her and said, "No. You don't want that." She was very upset until I reminded her that, if named William Todd, the boy's initials would be WTF... She then immediately agreed with me. In playing the researcher in my family's genealogy, I've run across names I like, names I hate, names I'm not sure how to pronounce, and names that have made me laugh...
One of our classic family names is Hatevil - pronounced "hate evil." Hatevil Hall was given the first name of his maternal grandfather - Hatevil Nutter, from Cornwall, England. Hatevil was a Quaker in the northeastern colonies. He had multiple children, and, at that time, all of the sons named their first sons after their father. The original Hatevil Hall had one son named Hatevil, and twelve grandsons named Hatevil (both with the Hall surname, and second sons of daughters). Each of those twelve had one son named Hatevil, and zero to twelve grandchildren also named Hatevil - it was pretty frightening there for awhile, with all the Hatevils running about...
I love Hepzibah Starbuck, who married Captain Hussey, and was then Hepzibah Starbuck Hussey. I have also gotten enjoyment from the names Eliphalet and Mephibosheth (both males).
I've also been entertained with a few layers in the Nocks family names - Back in the late 1600s, one of the Nock men married a woman whose surname was Emery. That spelling of the name has been passed down as a frequently used first or second name in the Nock/Nocks family. My grandfather was named Emery Eben, and was known familiarly as "Em." The eldest surviving son of my grandfather was Uncle El - short for Elmer Loren. Now, Grandpa Em was the son of James Loren, who was known to family and friends as "J-Lo" - back in the 1870's and until his death in the 1930s. J-Lo's father was Benjamin; and my father was Charlie....My father's siblings were El, Hazel and Joe. There was also an Uncle Ray and an Aunt Pauline, but they passed away in the Spanish Flu pandemic, before the Dust Bowl happened....
Now, my parents only had two girls - my sister Kathy Jo, and me, Betty Ann. I don't know where the name Kathy came from, but the Jo was for Uncle Joe Bob. I was named after two of my mother's sisters, one who died 10 years before my birth, and the other was a stillbirth when my Mom was 12. Names make us and shape us - do you know the story behind your name?
One of our classic family names is Hatevil - pronounced "hate evil." Hatevil Hall was given the first name of his maternal grandfather - Hatevil Nutter, from Cornwall, England. Hatevil was a Quaker in the northeastern colonies. He had multiple children, and, at that time, all of the sons named their first sons after their father. The original Hatevil Hall had one son named Hatevil, and twelve grandsons named Hatevil (both with the Hall surname, and second sons of daughters). Each of those twelve had one son named Hatevil, and zero to twelve grandchildren also named Hatevil - it was pretty frightening there for awhile, with all the Hatevils running about...
I love Hepzibah Starbuck, who married Captain Hussey, and was then Hepzibah Starbuck Hussey. I have also gotten enjoyment from the names Eliphalet and Mephibosheth (both males).
I've also been entertained with a few layers in the Nocks family names - Back in the late 1600s, one of the Nock men married a woman whose surname was Emery. That spelling of the name has been passed down as a frequently used first or second name in the Nock/Nocks family. My grandfather was named Emery Eben, and was known familiarly as "Em." The eldest surviving son of my grandfather was Uncle El - short for Elmer Loren. Now, Grandpa Em was the son of James Loren, who was known to family and friends as "J-Lo" - back in the 1870's and until his death in the 1930s. J-Lo's father was Benjamin; and my father was Charlie....My father's siblings were El, Hazel and Joe. There was also an Uncle Ray and an Aunt Pauline, but they passed away in the Spanish Flu pandemic, before the Dust Bowl happened....
Now, my parents only had two girls - my sister Kathy Jo, and me, Betty Ann. I don't know where the name Kathy came from, but the Jo was for Uncle Joe Bob. I was named after two of my mother's sisters, one who died 10 years before my birth, and the other was a stillbirth when my Mom was 12. Names make us and shape us - do you know the story behind your name?
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Intriguing Names in Louisiana
Something must be wrong with the kits; they let me sleep until almost 8 this morning. I smelled smoke from the Fern Lake fire a couple of times yesterday, and one could definitely see the smoke to the northwest. The winds of Friday night spread the fire 3 miles closer to Estes Park, which is what caused the evacuations yesterday. Most folks who were evacuated were allowed back home last night. However, there is a Red Flag Warning that begins at noon today for the Front Range and RMNP, which means winds in excess of 40 mph on top of the drought conditions. I've always wanted a cabin in the mountains, but I'm kinda happy I don't have one at this point in time.
The kits have been running in and out this morning, as I've checked my e-mails and read the latest news (and stuffed my face, too). It's sunny, but cooler. I move in with the two munchkins on Tuesday, and stay through Sunday evening. Aiko and Yoshi are entertaining companions, and the house is next door to Rosie and Remy, so I'll be close to everyone. (I'm also walking and medicating Peach Monday and Tuesday.) I started marking next year's calendar with reservations yesterday afternoon, and found I'm solidly booked through June already. Then I started looking for more information on Isaac Newton Capps' parents. Since I'm currently reading through the 1850 Census for Louisiana, a couple of names jumped out at me. The first was Alcifort Bonamour, a 25 year-old field laborer; the other was an immigrant from Quebec, whose name was Bigearellide Capis. That first name intrigues me... how would one pronounce it? Break it up into chunks, and get Big-ear-elli-de? It's an interesting conundrum.
I hope that your Sunday is a super one.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Smokeout a Bust; Names
It is a gorgeous day outside - bright blue skies, a few high clouds, temperature is 63 right now. I've been to the store and grabbed what I need to make the upside-down cake; I'll head over to Kathy's later this morning. My kits are going in and out the patio door, and all has been quiet, until I typed that sentence. There is a family of 7 ravens that are scolding Nedi and Lovey in the back yard right now, so it definitely isn't quiet. Nedi has turned into a very lackadaisical squirrel hunter - I think he just enjoys watching them, and seeing if he can make them run away from him.
The 4/20 Smokeout event turned into a big nothing in Boulder. Last year, there were over 10,000 participants, and it cost the University $55,000 to handle it. This year, they spent almost three times that amount - instead of a huge crowd, between 300 and 700 students (and others) gathered in Central Park, next to the Public Library, and then marched south on Broadway to the CU campus. Norlin Quad was surrounded by "Do Not Cross This Line" tape, so the crowd went on to the Physics Quad, (with police watching), and lit up at 4:20. Three people were arrested for trespassing (they crossed the yellow police tape lines); 11 were ticketed for trespassing; and one lone person was ticketed for possession of marijuana. - In Denver, several thousand people congregated, and lit up at 4:20 in one of their public parks.
I had to laugh yesterday: there was a write-up about names that used to be used frequently, and are not used often now. Among the boys' names were Donald, Richard, and Ronald. The girls' names included Betty (my name), Linda and Mary. Having been researching my brother-in-law's family, I'd like to add the following names to the list: Boys - Achiacus, Amslic, Arieh, Eliphalet, Epaphras, Erastus, Jabez, Melancton, Mephibosheth, and Tyxhal; Girls - Abiatha, Hepzibah, Mahala, Mehitabel, Oddie, Philura, Theodate, Zenobia, and Zeruiah. (And Spell-Check highlighted every name, except Jabez and Mahala.)
Tomorrow is Earth Day! Celebrate our past, and our future... plant a growing green thing - a tree, a bush, herbs, or a flowering plant. (I'm planting catnip!) Without Earth, we wouldn't be around........
The 4/20 Smokeout event turned into a big nothing in Boulder. Last year, there were over 10,000 participants, and it cost the University $55,000 to handle it. This year, they spent almost three times that amount - instead of a huge crowd, between 300 and 700 students (and others) gathered in Central Park, next to the Public Library, and then marched south on Broadway to the CU campus. Norlin Quad was surrounded by "Do Not Cross This Line" tape, so the crowd went on to the Physics Quad, (with police watching), and lit up at 4:20. Three people were arrested for trespassing (they crossed the yellow police tape lines); 11 were ticketed for trespassing; and one lone person was ticketed for possession of marijuana. - In Denver, several thousand people congregated, and lit up at 4:20 in one of their public parks.
I had to laugh yesterday: there was a write-up about names that used to be used frequently, and are not used often now. Among the boys' names were Donald, Richard, and Ronald. The girls' names included Betty (my name), Linda and Mary. Having been researching my brother-in-law's family, I'd like to add the following names to the list: Boys - Achiacus, Amslic, Arieh, Eliphalet, Epaphras, Erastus, Jabez, Melancton, Mephibosheth, and Tyxhal; Girls - Abiatha, Hepzibah, Mahala, Mehitabel, Oddie, Philura, Theodate, Zenobia, and Zeruiah. (And Spell-Check highlighted every name, except Jabez and Mahala.)
Tomorrow is Earth Day! Celebrate our past, and our future... plant a growing green thing - a tree, a bush, herbs, or a flowering plant. (I'm planting catnip!) Without Earth, we wouldn't be around........
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Cussing Chickadee
I was drafted into my sister's party plans again yesterday, thus no blog. Since I spent most of the time either on-line or in my chair, working on fliers, the kits were in heaven - they could get attention and love in the doses that they wanted. Since I have yet to refill the birdfeeders, their raucous song is missing - except early this moring, when a very put-out chickadee cussed me out for having an empty feeder...
Early morning walks have been glorious - the snowfall up in the mountains was a wet one, and most of the snow has once again melted from view, except for small crevices where the sun doesn't have much power. My "local" bakery at Safeway is having trouble with employees, and I haven't been able to get a fresh bagel or pastry for the past three mornings (whine, whine). One of the men in the produce department gave me a freshly washed, sliced, and de-stoned local Colorado peach this morning - he and I usually trade quips in the morning - so I had a very satisfying (and free) breakfast.
Several pet-sitting clients are going to bring their pets for a "quick visit" at the party, and will then take the dogs home and return without their four-legged family members. I have more than enough clients to keep me busy in pet-sitting, so at the party, I'll talk about my other passions, genealogy and history, and how they interweave. One of the things I love in genealogy is to find odd, unsusal names - or melodious ones. I loved it when Joe Biden introduced his mother at the DNC last night - Kathryn Eupemia Finnegan Biden. What a truly melodious Irish name - until the Biden. She made me think of my Mom.... (not that Mom was Irish - she was Swedish, Danish, and English - but just from her looks, and her saying, "That's right..." and nodding, when he son told a story about her....) And when I say odd and unusual names, I discovered a cousin of mine whose Christian names were: Eight One.... I am not joking.
Early morning walks have been glorious - the snowfall up in the mountains was a wet one, and most of the snow has once again melted from view, except for small crevices where the sun doesn't have much power. My "local" bakery at Safeway is having trouble with employees, and I haven't been able to get a fresh bagel or pastry for the past three mornings (whine, whine). One of the men in the produce department gave me a freshly washed, sliced, and de-stoned local Colorado peach this morning - he and I usually trade quips in the morning - so I had a very satisfying (and free) breakfast.
Several pet-sitting clients are going to bring their pets for a "quick visit" at the party, and will then take the dogs home and return without their four-legged family members. I have more than enough clients to keep me busy in pet-sitting, so at the party, I'll talk about my other passions, genealogy and history, and how they interweave. One of the things I love in genealogy is to find odd, unsusal names - or melodious ones. I loved it when Joe Biden introduced his mother at the DNC last night - Kathryn Eupemia Finnegan Biden. What a truly melodious Irish name - until the Biden. She made me think of my Mom.... (not that Mom was Irish - she was Swedish, Danish, and English - but just from her looks, and her saying, "That's right..." and nodding, when he son told a story about her....) And when I say odd and unusual names, I discovered a cousin of mine whose Christian names were: Eight One.... I am not joking.
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