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From: "Beryl O'Gorman" <>
Subject: Re: Scottish naming customs and mourning brooches.
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:12:04 +1000
References: <JPEILDNHCALNJJMMAMPLCEILCEAA.ireland@pavilion.co.uk>


Yes Sheena

My Edinburgh/Dalkeith ancestors tended to use the surname of anyone who had
been good to them - a close neighbour, an employer or even the employer of a
sister or brother, the minister who baptised the child, and also the
mother's, or even the grandmother's maiden surname. It was interesting to
find some of the people with these surnames on the LDS films living in the
same Close, and the children kept up the tradition after they came to
Australia, which took a little detective work to solve.

Cheers
Beryl

Beryl O'Gorman
Greensborough Victoria Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Ireland" <>
To: "Elizabeth Darby" <>;
<>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 8:20 AM
Subject: RE: Scottish naming customs and mourning brooches.


> In my research of my Scottish ancestry, I am increasingly noticing that a
> second name given to a child is the maternal grandmother's maiden name -
far
> more often than the mother's maiden name.
> I would be interested to know if other Listers have noticed a similar
trend.
>
> Best wishes,
> Sheena Ireland
>
> PS Sorry, I know nothing about mourning brooches.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Darby [mailto:]
> Sent: 07 April 2004 18:13
> To:
> Subject: Scottish naming customs and mourning brooches.

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