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My great, great grandfather was named Jesse James. This unusual name makes me wish i could have met my great, great, great grandparents! Who names their child after an outlaw? lol
Do any of your long ago relatives have interesting names?
In Cherokee families, sometimes you'll see the name "Bushyhead". I have a great uncle named Dennis Bushyhead. He's named after Dennis Wolf Bushyhead, a Cherokee leader. He was very revered and respected. You'll see the name pop up in lots of Cherokee families.
Edited to clarify...the leader was greatly respected and revered. I wasn't referring to my great uncle. Although, he was no slouch. lol
My great, great grandfather was named Jesse James. This unusual name makes me wish i could have met my great, great, great grandparents! Who names their child after an outlaw? lol
When was your great, great grandfather born?
He might have had the name before the outlaw became infamous.
He didn't die in 1832, it was after the Civil War. 1870s? Easy enough to look up.
I have friend who named his son Jesse James Last Name. On purpose. Named his other son Cole Younger Last Name. And his wife let him. The kids went by Jesse and Cole.
Some ancestor names: Charles Quarles, Howell Powell, Phyllis Willis.
1. sallyfine...after a brand-name flour back then.
2. boyman....he changed it to Boman and then back to BoyMan.
3. franklin delano...he was known as "Del".
Maybe not the right place for this but my ancestors in Poland had the name "Gordon" or "Auchsengordon." As they either lined up to get onto the ship or at Ellis Island the person in front of them said "Rosenfeld." That ancestor thought that was a password needed to get into America, and that became my mother's maiden name.
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Maybe not the right place for this but my ancestors in Poland had the name "Gordon" or "Auchsengordon." As they either lined up to get onto the ship or at Ellis Island the person in front of them said "Rosenfeld." That ancestor thought that was a password needed to get into America, and that became my mother's maiden name.
If you've done genealogy for awhile, you will know that no names were changed at Ellis Island. Passenger manifests were written up at the departure point. A person would give their name, town they were born in, what their destination was, etc. On the ship, passengers had tags with their names on them and when they were getting off the ship, the person at Ellis Island and other ports of entry just checked off the name.
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