This week's prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is -Unusual name.
I've heard of some really unusual names in some of my genealogy groups. As of yet, I haven't found anything too unusual in mine.
My tree is FULL of William, Samuel, Joseph or Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth. Even a name like David would seem unusual to me!
Samuel seems particularly common in one branch of the tree. You'll have a father Samuel and each of his children will also have a Samuel. And that goes on for a few generations. Can you imagine a family reunion and someone calls out for 'Samuel'?
In my husband's family, I found a woman named Philadelphia. I thought that was an extremely unusual name, but not so in the 1800's.
I have found a few names that seemed unusual to me... Cordilia, Willoughby, Benedicta, Ursula, Drusila, Petronella. None of those names would really be considered unusual.
Probably the most unusual name I have in my tree, is the newest member of our family- Keziah.
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