What a name (or family of them) !

[marquette]

I was just following up on a wife in the outer part of my family tree -

Ida Clara Ruth Jane Hart Castles married John Worner in Victoria in 1912..

In Trove, I was just scanning for family details, and found her siblings who were generally referred to in family notices by their initials -

Roden Howard Nelson Z Blake Castles
Hezikiah Theophilus Eras F S Castles
Isiah Claude Tryndale L W Castles
Amos Coverdale Latimer James W Castles
Ross Cranmer Ridley Gideon W Castles
Uriah Melanchthon Wickliffe G W Castles
Paul Coursy Joshua John H Castles
Hill Knox Gordon Haveloc Moses Castles
Watt Booth Wolsley Browning Drake Castles
Vine Victoria Mary Olive M E Castles
and
Myrtle Mary Edith Castles

Their parents were James and Harriet Castles.

I think Myrtle died young and I have not found all her initials

Thankfully, they did not seem to continue the extravagant naming, they settled on two given names for their own children.

Edit Just found some more initials in the Will of Watt. ( I wonder if some of the Ws were Wood, Harriet's maiden name)

[kiterunner]

My grandfather was saddled with three middle names, and he insisted that none of his children should have any middle names at all!

[Nell]

Wow! Not just the number of names, but the quality! Makes up for the umpteen John and Thomas and Mary and Susans we come across!!

[Phoenix]

Coverdale, Cranmer, Melancthon, Knox: I think they are trying to say something there!

[Nell]

Not just Cranmer, Cranmer Ridley, and Latimer!

[Jill]

If only all families had such memorable names our hobby would be so much easier!

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Jill

If only all families had such memorable names our hobby would be so much easier!

It does if they stick with the memorable name, but on my tree people with memorable names drop them and become known by either an ordinary middle name or by an apparently randomly chosen, but definitely ordinary name!

[marquette]

They seemed to be trying to cover all the bases - biblical, family, etc but they did seem to be known by their first two names.

4 of them served in WW1 - Watt (died at Villiers Bretonneux), Roden, Hill and Uriah are all enlisted under their first two names.

[Dean Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by marquette

I was just following up on a wife in the outer part of my family tree -

Ida Clara Ruth Jane Hart Castles married John Worner in Victoria in 1912..

In Trove, I was just scanning for family details, and found her siblings who were generally referred to in family notices by their initials -

Roden Howard Nelson Z Blake Castles
Hezikiah Theophilus Eras F S Castles
Isiah Claude Tryndale L W Castles
Amos Coverdale Latimer James W Castles
Ross Cranmer Ridley Gideon W Castles
Uriah Melanchthon Wickliffe G W Castles
Paul Coursy Joshua John H Castles
Hill Knox Gordon Haveloc Moses Castles
Watt Booth Wolsley Browning Drake Castles
Vine Victoria Mary Olive M E Castles
and
Myrtle Mary Edith Castles

Their parents were James and Harriet Castles.

I think Myrtle died young and I have not found all her initials

Thankfully, they did not seem to continue the extravagant naming, they settled on two given names for their own children.

Edit Just found some more initials in the Will of Watt. ( I wonder if some of the Ws were Wood, Harriet's maiden name)

Are you still working on this? I can assist with several arms of the Australia family if you wish [email protected]
Descendant of Josiah Worner

[HarrysMum]

If only Dad had told me Uncle Mick’s real given names were Julius Oxford, I might have found him earlier. Do you know how many Michael Flannerys I went through? lol