Common Names On The Family Tree ~ Favorite Names ~ The 6th Week of #52Ancestors 52 Weeks

Over the coarse of my family history journey, I've seen a lot of common names and same name relatives. Some of my relatives went by their middle names. I can see why. There had to be nicknames. It would be a lot of confusion if there weren't.

Here are some of the common names that I came across. First and middle names...Mary, Jane, David, William, Isaac, Margaret, Michael, Robert, Louis, Paul, Andrew, Anna, Alice, Laura, Julia, Spencer, John, Richard, Leo, James, Sarah, Frederick or Fred.

There are some unique names for today. There are some I can't spell. Parents are creative in choosing names for their children.

Here were some unique names back in the old days. There were Charity, Lawhorn, Beecher, Nymadula "Nym", Oressica, Mone, Aile, Orbrey, Elias, Quitman, Ledrew, Lelia, Rubenia, Pleas, Inez, Cass, Meta, Nejla, and Zenolia to name a few.

Also I've noted that there were large families.
Some of the children were named after their parents or other relatives.

The large families included
Isaac BLAKEY with 20 or so children.
Frances (OVINGTION) DADE with 14 children
Julia WHITE with 12 or 13 children
Richard WHITE with 12 children
Another Isaac BLAKEY with 11 children
Charlotta (DADE) LANKFORD / LANKFARD with 11 children
Louis Newton DADE with 8 children,
my parents with 19.

 I've come across first names that were male but, were females. Cecil BLAKLEY and Thomas PEYTON. Thomas Sarah (PEYTON) ANDERSON passed in 2013.

I thought that the common names were interesting. I have a lot of people on my family tree. I don't know how I can remember all the names. Especially, the ones I don't know much about. It's hard to keep track.

I continue to search and find more unique things on the family tree. I believe that there are more unique names. I hope to discover them along the journey.

Thank God that our parents gave us our names.
I'm thankful for my name, Susan.
I have a 2nd Great Grandmother named Susan (LEACH) WASHINGTON.

 Thanks for reading.
God bless you.
S.A. Blakley