Old time names in your family

[Doc Neeley]

In researching my family genealogy, I've come across so many old time family names, especially from the 'southern roots' part of the family.

My personal favorites are: Demarious (my great grandmother), Almisha (her sister), Wilson Asbury (GGGgrandpa), Little Berry (male brother of my GGrandpa and alias namesake-he died in Andersonville), and Columbus (my alias' given name).

I kinda miss these old names. What kind of old timey names are in your family? Care to share?

[Silver Creek Slim]

There's a bunch of Biblical names in my genealogy. The following are a few of the more unique ones: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (brothers). The following are some that are not "commonly used" in our current day: Mahitable, Anton, Antoinette, Angus,  Alma, Wilhelmina, Archibald, Magdelena, Effie, Elbridge, Emery, Erastus, Fidelia, Freelove, Gertrude, Gustavus, Hapalona, Hiram, Inez, Jerusha, Leafie, Lemuel, Lindley, Lucius, Lucretia, Luella, Luman, Lyman, Mathilda, Mildred, Mindwell, Murdoch, Nebu, Octavius, Onecephorus, Ora, Orrin, Pardon, Patience, Peace, Perthenia, Phidelia, Philemon, Pliny, Purdy, Reodolphus, Rexford, Rocksanna, Roswell, Rufus, Silence, Sylvester, Thankful, Theoda, VanNess, and Zebulon.

Some children were given the maiden name of their mother, grandmother, etc. such as Baldwin, Sacket, Freeman, and Lincoln.
Sorry if I got carried away. I have over 8,800 names in my genealogy file.

Slim

[Delmonico]

Edna and Newton Parrish were my Mom's folks names.  Daisy and Adison Carman were my Dad's folk's name.

[Wymore Wrangler]

Great-Great grandfather was James Madison McPheron, he named his son after another president and a general he served under in the Civil war, Uylsess Grant McPheron....

[Forty Rod]

Twin aunts named Eula and Beula, twin cousins named Home and Gomer, and uncles Lillard and Prentiss (Pernie), aunt's Thelma and Moline, Grandpa Archer (I never met him), Mom Edna, and  Dad Thomas Alva.

Lots of Toms and Williams/Bills.  Got real confusing around reunions.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

The men's names weren't too exciting: Robert, Samuel, Vernon, Sidney, William, Alfred, Noah. The ladies' names were much more interesting: Edith, Anna, Myrtle, Viola, Dorothy, Pearl and Ruth.

[Ozark Tracker]

Forrty, I had twin great aunts, Eula and Beula, last name Moore. Grandma's Edna May & Fannie May, more William than I know.
Had one chrekoee GGfrandfather, Greenberry Perdue. He served in the civil war under Gen Stand Watie. Cherokee Mounted.
Had several Joseph's , One,  Joseph Philibert 1, was a French Canidana fur traper, who is mentioned in the Colorodo History books as being the first white man to travel and trap in the area that is now Denver.
all the rest rounded out with bibilical names.

[Doc Neeley]

This is great!! Thanks and keep it coming.
I thought I'd add a few more. Job (GGGGGgrandpa), Charnal, Violet, Abijah, Rosie Pearl (grandma), Corrin, Hattie, and Jemima.

[Marshal Will Wingam]

... and Jemima.

Your aunt, by any chance?

[Frenchie]

Grandfather Auguste, aunt's middle name Wilhemina (she hated it), uncle Dermott, cousin Eugene, uncle Norman (my own middle name).

[Montana Slim]

Samuel Stokem Stevens and his grandson of same name (referred to as Big Stokem & Little Stokem, respectively).

Slim

[LazyK Pejay]

My great grandmother born in 1866 was Ida Beardsley, her children were Clifford, Clayton, Isabelle, Florence, and my favorite family member when I was a boy, Uncle Lucy! The boy got eight grade educations and worked the farm until they could no longer do so (that farm was in the family since 1822 and it was all apples along Lake Erie, in Hartland County, New York).

LazyK Pejay

[Ozark Tracker]

my Grandmother had a brother Marion, everybody always called him  Spud, he had a son, everybody called  Tater, never heard either of them called anything else.

[Guns Garrett]

My family had several named Wynant - the result of the Dutch tradition of naming the eldest son after the paternal grandfather (and all  children had the father's first name as their middle name [patronymic], in this example Wynantse [m] or Wynantje [f]).  This can make geneology both easy and hard.  A man and his grandson could have the exact same name, so if the record doesn't have age data, you end up with not knowing who's who.

Garrett was another family name - so we have several Wynant Garrettse 's, and Garrett Wynantse 's.  My alias come from Garrett Wynantse Van de Poel, a  gunsmith from Wynantskill, NY (yes, the town was named for his daddy: "Wynant's Creek") from the 1660's.  Van de Poel is pronouced "vanderpool", and so the spelling was corrupted by some census-taker.  BTW - Garrettje is pronouced "Garrity" (sometimes "Gertie").

Many wive's names are quaint, classic, or downright odd: Cornelia, Elsje (Elsie?) Greitken (Gretchen), Marguerita, Jannetje (Janet), Claretje, Ariaantje, and Tryntje.

Gr-Gr-Gr-Grandpa Moses settled in Missouri in the 1820's, named his son "Granville"

My grandfather's middle name was "Harrison", after the President when he was born.  I guess his daddy Lewis was a good Republican.

My mom's side only had a few "old-timey" names: James "Adolphus" Taylor, "Jershu" Boyd, and "Enoch" Rush.

Maybe its no fair putting in all those Dutch names ...

[Sundown Storm]

I have some old-timey names in my family: Arkady, Cornelia, Dmitri, Aleksandr, and the like, 'course, I'm of russian descent, so that may have something to do with it...
Of course, there are some more oldtimey 'American type" names: Bustus, Ephraim, Jedediah, and Percy.

[Dr. Bob]

On my fathers side, from at least his father the first born male's middle name has been Haviland which was GGrandma's maiden name.  My grandmother was named Lula.  Her sister-in-law was named Jewel.

On my mothers side, her oldest brother was Mason and she had sisters named Alma and Ora, who was called Peggy.  On my mothers mothers side, the family emigrated from Alsace as Girard and later became Jarrette.  Jules was a Girard family name.

[Hill Beachy]

We had a few:  Grandad and his oldest son (my uncle) were both named Ambrose.  We always called my uncle "Ham" or "Hambone" (after a childhood nickname).  A couple of uncles by-marriage were named Valentine ("Val") and Stuyvesant ("Sty").

On the distaff side we had Florence (Grandma and an aunt), and Lucille.  Both were aunts always referred to by thier full names, and never by the familiar "Flo" or "Lucy."  Mom's sister was named Isabell and known as "aunt Izzy."  An aunt by marriage is named Devonna.

The rest of the family names were pretty much plain-vanilla. 

[tarheel mac]

Grandpa (on my mother's side...) was Hampton Foster..and I have Hampton as my middle name...so does my son...He didn't know my grandfather, so I guess it is kinda wasted...but right hand to God..a finer man has never lived...Rest in Peace Grandpa...

[litl rooster]

Father's side.His mother Goldie, his father Cecil but went by Ralph, middle name. His 2 cousin's went by Tadpole and Cubby, till my father died I never new their real names.   Motherside.......her father Everett...Her grandmother Effie...............her sister Winfred    Wife's father name was Ovid and her mother Loydene

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Hmmmm, Dad was Willard, uncles ran from Ralph to Cecil to Leonard to Gerald. Grandpa was Eugene. G-Grandpa was T. James, his brothers were William Harvey and Sylvester Fair. The T stood for Thaddeous................