As I'm sure is the case in any family tree we have branches filled with William, John, Edward, Matthew and James. But there are some cases where the names are a little more unique. Here is a collection of some of the more unique names throughout my family tree!
Eliphalet L. Monroe
Born: 1768 in Vermont
Died: 26 September 1848
5x Great Grandfather
Walter Children
My grandmother on my mom's side had some siblings with some unique names. 2 sisters that passed away in their teens were Zola and Oraleta. Then her 3 brothers all went by nick names Bud (Loren), Short (Aubrey), Friz (Maurice). I guess my great grand parents had some unique ideas when it came to naming their children!
Political/Historical Figures:
I'm guessing it was popular in early days when naming children to name them after historical figures. Although not quite unique in spelling but unique none the less. I've got several scattered throughout my tree including:
2- William Sherman Mullins
Andrew Jackson Mullins
Andrew Jackson Loomis
Andrew Jackson Hutchison
Benjamin Harrison Mullins (Born 1889 when Harrison was President)
Benjamin Franklin Slavin
George Washington Ertel
Queen Victoria Booth
John Wesley Booth
Interesting list, I'll have to look at my tree for these types of names and spellings. And oh do I want to make a list of the Andrew Jackson's, George Washington's and Benjamin Franklin's in my tree. I've come across many of those on my mother's line 😁
ReplyDeleteThese are such interesting names! I do wonder who was the first person to come up with these.
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