Old time names in your family

[Cuzzin Jack]

Grandpa's name was Parley, glad they didn't name me after him                                                                                                                                                                                                           Cuzzin Jack

[Doc Cuervo]

Few years late, but I guess I'll throw in a fwe family names.
Grandfather Reinholt August, Great uncle Ernest, G Aunt Leona, G Aunt Zula, Mother Inez Josephine, Father Arden Victor, Aunts Zona, Ethel, Laverne, Delilah, Thelma, Uncles Orin, Clarence. GG Uncle Harrison.

[Forty Rod]

Doc, I'm glad you brought this back to the top.  Got away from it too soon.

More Taylor - Owens names"

Thrush
Geneva
Iona
Ilona
Mayme
Alonzo
Camp (Campion?)
Marcella
Mack
Rolfe
Gomer Vinton
Vinita
Clata
Minnie Wilda
Oneta Lavonne
Savannah
Rhodelia

And this is only 41 pages into a book my parents compiled and published in 1981 called Taylor-Owens:Their Trails and Ties.  Throw in books on Cardon, Ballard, McKean, Purcell, Hickman, Plains, and the rest....

Mormon genealogy is fun.  Confusing, but fun.

[WaddWatsonEllis]

Well. Wadd Watson for one, and my great grandmother Celia ...

[Ol Law Dawg]

My grand pappy was named Pearl , dad got that for his middle name.....

[Hickok]

My great grandfather and grandmother were Fitzhugh and Bessie, and my grandfather and grandmother were Luke and Lillian.

[Uncle Stinky]

Grandmother from central Utah was named Rhea and she was born in 1896. Her husband was named Vivan.

[Hangtown Frye]

My Great-Great Grandfather's name was Resin (or perhaps Reason, spelled both ways at different times) Frye, like Resin Bowie. His little brother was named John/Johnny, and they lived in St. Joseph, MO.  Johnny, if you know your Pony Express history, rode the first mochilla of mail east from St. Joe for the Pony Express.  My G-Grandfather, born in 1858, was named for him. 

My Grandfather was named Herschel (so was my Dad; thankfully I escaped that one, being the second son!). There's a great story behind it. When my Grandfather was a baby (born 1895) the folks brought him along to town with them (Troy, Kansas) and the old Jewish storekeeper asked what the baby's name was. They said "Harold". He said "Ah, little Herschel!"  They thought it was a great name, so they changed it (and later named a younger brother Harold in his place).  My Dad found out years later that "Herschel" is a Yiddish diminutive nickname for Harold, meaning "Dear/Sweet Little Harold", so that must be what the old fellow was doing by calling him that.  Of course, with a name like that, when my Grandfather was in the Army in WWI his nickname was "Kyke".  Oy!

My Grandmother's name was Neva, you don't see that much (though my Daughter is threatening to use it if she has a girl!), and her sisters were Myrtle, Kate, Elora and Glenn.

Cheers!

Gordon

[Adirondack Jack]

Maternal GF was named Euclid.  He married a gal named Jessibelle Butler.  Her family springs from a rather infamous Butler, a British officer who ordered the massacre of a town during the Revolutionary War.  She was related to a Polly Butler, who had a son named James Butler Hickok aka "Wild Bill".

They had children named Wilfred, Jessibelle, and 8 others with more common names.

[Wild Billy Potts]

My Grandfather's given names were Buell Thomas, both of which were Union generals. His grandfather and uncles were all Union Cavalrymen.

[Rube Burrows]

Dont know if they would be considered old time names but these two are def not your run of the mill names

Hezzie
Myrt

[Bob R.]

I had a great-grandfather with the moniker Zachariah, and an aunt (named after her mother, my grandmother), with the name Lavinia.

I don't have to look too far back in my family tree to find 'old-time' names, as my mom is the youngest of 9 children, born a dozen years after the 8th (Her Dad was born in 1882, and I actally knew him as a small child). My Dad was born when his mom was over 40 (she was born in 1892 - named Edith). She had been childless, nobody expected her to be pregnant, and was actually being looked at by a doctor for having a stomach tumor when they found out she was pregnant. Basically, a generation skipped in my family. I had Great-uncles who were WWI vets - now deceased, of course (I am in my mid 40's), and my Mom's dad was in the MVM in his late teens, almost going to Cuba for the Span-Am war (It was over by the time his unit got to Florida). His service ran out in 1912.

[Durango Flinthart]

My paternal Gx3Grandpa was Nathaniel Aldridge he married Polly Butler,
* Nathaniel Aldridge listed in Muster Rolls for the War of 1812.  He was recruited 10 November 1814, during the time frame when Kentuckians were being recruited for the Battle of New Orleans. Term of service was 6 months.   Nathaniel Aldridge served in Capt. Edward Berry's Company, Kentucky Detached Militia, as part of the 15th Regiment Commanded by Lt.-Col. Gabriel Slaughter. Source: "Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812" Compiled by Minnie S. Wilder (1931) And A New Introduction by G. Glenn Clift, Assistant Director and Editor Kentucky Historical Society, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company 1969

My Gx2Grandpa was John Aldridge he married Charity Hines. John was killed in a gunfight in 1859 on the streets of Hawesville Ky.
*Documentation for date of death for John Aldridge can be found in the Hancock Co., KY Archives. Coroner's Inquest for John Aldridge's murder. He was involved in a gun fight, and it was considered justifiable homicide.

My GGrandpa was Squire Aldridge he married Hannah Gillians and my Grandpa was Charles Cornelius Aldridge he married Mayme Rauch

[Dead I]

Forrest, Earl, Eli, Elijah, William, Nellie Ruth, Francis (always called "Pink") Sadie, Aunt Babe (I never knew her real name.) Mamie, Wynona (my beautiful mother), Harold, William Henry and a bunch I can't recall.  We are Birneys, Longs, McCartys and Fraziers.

[pistol1911]

Maternal grandmother & sisters,Doll,Clara,Cumie,Luna and Teatie Bell.

[Fingers McGee]

My GGGrandpa was Thadeus Warsaw Jarvis.  He served in K Co, 3rd Texas Cavalry from June 1861 through April 1865.  Three of his brothers, Gustavus Adolphus, Lycurgus, and Epaminondas also served in K Co. through April 1865.  Their brothers and sisters were named Abner Thomas, Eugenia, Christopher Columbus, Burrel Haggard, Permelia Caroline, Rezia, Edmund Pace, Minerva Jane, Puss, Robert Reeves, David Pace, Sarah, Laura, Eva Montrose, Eddie, and Snap.

[Drayton Calhoun]

Had two uncles who were WWI vets, my dad and the rest were WWII vets. My oldest uncle was John Henry Hardy, when he was born, 'John Hardy' was still a popular song. Oh, my grandmother was half Creek/Choctaw with a last name of Buse. She was born in 1881, my grandfather was born in 1879. Her name was Mattie Jane, his Alton Hardy.

[The Elderly Kid]

Maternal great-grandfather Levi Elah Maddox and a great-uncle named Boylston McGoldrick.

[buckskin billy]

my g grand pa was jasper marion banister. we called him pa jap. he was a big man and was a police chief.  my g grand ma(pa jap's wife) was betty lou nettles banister. we called her ma bet. she was very short. my grand ma was ella ruth. she was long and lanky. she married paul john butler.
had a aunt freddie, but never knew if that was her real name or a nick name. and a aunt may who was a injun

on my moms side i had a gg grand pa named christoper columbus saxon.  my grand ma from my mom's side was elanora hardin saxon.  we called her maw sax. had a g uncle from that side of the family named bumsteed saxon. we called him uncle bum.
  glad none of those names were passed down to me

[Dead I]

Nellie Ruth, Joseph Franklin, Eli, Francis (known as Pink), Radford, Sadie, Babe (the youngest, I never knew her real name), Elijah, William Henry, Robert, John, Harold Eugene (my father). There was a Forrest (named after Nathan Bedford), and Edward (taught Lindberg to fly!) McCarty's and Long's all.  John McCarty died in Andersonville Prison in 1864.  His wife was Catherin who befriended a man named William Henry Antrim when John joined the army (6th Indiana Volunteer Infantry) in Indianapolis, Indiana in Sept 1862.  The rest is history.