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From: Fran Whelan <>
Subject: [Lon] Re: LONDON-D Digest V00 #1421
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 11:11:41 +0100
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> Subject: [Lon] Surname, EALING
> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 19:56:22 -0400
> From: Don Diminie <>
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> Hello London: I posted some of this on the Brit surname list so some of
> you may see this for the 2nd time.
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> I have no Elsies or Nellies or Patsys, except my Mum was Elsie...just
> that, no Elspet etc. But its fun to read all the opinions. I have a
> son nicknamed Tiger....go figure!! Because he had such a temper when he
> was little.
>
> Anyway as to EALING...the family & NoT the place. Anyone connected?
> Researching it?? GG Gran came to Ontario, Canada from Hertfordshire;
> cant find a Herts list, so you're it. She was the d/o Thomas EALING &
> Susannah HANKIN. She was born 1808, bap's in 1809 in Thundridge,
> Hert's. Her parents, Thomas & Susannah, were married, 1792 in Baldock,
> Hert's. The LDS has been exhausted. There's no FHC near me.
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> I am hopeful that someone in that vast area of London or elsewhere is
> working on this family as well.
>
> For a bit, I thought they were connected somehow to the community of
> Ealing...but it seems not. The History Cener in Ealing knows little of
> the origins of the community other than it was originally called
> Gillingas.
> An interesting & confounding name to reasearch. Best to all. Don in
> Ontario.
>

For the Hertfordshire list - see Bedfordshire......

BTW - I have a son named Scott - but always known as Chip (which is short for Christopher....) -he's known as Chip because he's so like his Dad - hence a 'chip off the old block' - mind you, his younger brother is known as Tweekie...........(don't ask *G*)

HTH

Fran

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