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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: [Lon] When did multiple christian names start to be common?
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 01:03:07 +0000




While on the hunt for my Louisa Mary Bonny VOSPER (prob born before 1840) I
encountered a family (via the IGI) almost all of whom had multiple christian
names.

James and Sarah VOSPER's children were all christened Holy Trinity, Gosport,
Hants as follows:

Emma Sophia - 17 Nov 1797
Louisa Lavinia - 16 Mar 1800
Frederick Bassett Jones Parker - 24 May 1802
Eliza Leonora Thompson - 2 Jan 1805
Charles John - 29 Dec 1807
James Henry Alfred - 12 Jul 1808
Selina - 9 May 1810 - (had they got tired of thinking up names?)
Louisa Philippa - 27 Sep 1811 -- oops - looks like the older Louisa may
have died - sad

so early, you have probably got an up-market family there, and, given
the area, perhaps a naval one. Check if he is a naval officer -though,
come to think of it, the children are a bit too regular for long
voyages. (and the two in Dec 1807 and july 1808 are going it a bit, so
was CJ really 1806? Check for a marriage by licence, and also wills of
the family - should be around on this level.

I

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Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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