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Subject: Re: [CORNISH] naming patterns
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 06:40:12 -0400 (EDT)
References: <57194EC9486F4D9F8383B46D6FE2D085@DotHuntleyHP><201205191636.30612.michael.lightfoot@pcug.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <201205191636.30612.michael.lightfoot@pcug.org.au>
Godparents are another option -it was often seen as establishing a
quasi-family link in the hope of sharing any inheritance that was going!
cheers
Catherine
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Lightfoot <>
To: Dot Hosking Huntley <>; cornish
<>
Sent: Sat, 19 May 2012 7:37
Subject: Re: [CORNISH] naming patterns
On Sat, 19 May 2012 02:13:21 PM Dot Hosking Huntley wrote:
> If the middle name of the second son is MELROSE would that indicate
the
> wife’s mother’s maiden name?
>
It can indicate a famkly name or can sometimes indicate a benefactor or
employer's family name. I have a couple of examples of either
explanation.
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Michael Lightfoot
Canberra, Australia
OPC Merther, St Breock & Egloshayle, Cornwall
see http://www.cornwall-opc.org
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