A lighter thread I hope. Old fashioned names in your family history.

Hah! Have I missed it?, ...or has no one mentioned "Agnes"?....Grandpa John was escorted across the vast Atlantic from Ireland in the late 19thC at 18 YO by his Aunt Agnes (30+YO). She was revered in the family, or so I learned at the family gatherings. She apparently lived to be about a gazillion years old.

God Bless her....strong young and old woman....YESS.....but, I do not believe, despite her worthiness, she ever had a namesake in the family.

My Dad's ancestors include a man called Almond Cornish.

Also a coal mining family from Snedshill, Shifnal, Shropshire (UK) with children named Shadrack, Meshack & Abednego.

My husband has Ebeneza & Maude, from Connecticut County.

I had a Great Uncle Ces & Great Aunt Silve (Cecil & Silvia I suppose). He spoke with a whistly S.

I'm really impressed by Shadrack, Meshack & Abednego. What were they actually called normally?

On my dad's side there were gemstones and flora - Opal and Fern. Interesting to see all these names posted here.

Mina,

My DH had a great Aunt Agnes. Her sister’s name was Grace. There was a cousin in there named Wille Mae.

Also in DHs family there is a middle name of Teal. It goes way back to the first Irish immigrant in his family.

The middle name Teal has been used a lot in is family for a couple of generations.

Margaret,

I agree about the Queen, Prince, etc names.

As an adult I saw a photo of my Aunt Queenie in some sort of velvet robes and a HUGE crown. I asked my Dad if this is where she got the nickname Queenie. He told me no. Her real name was Queen Alice.

There are still a few men named Beverly living in the area (known as Bev), not part of my family tree though.

Margaret,
In answer to your question:
Among them, from the descendants of Judah, were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The chief official gave them other names: he gave the name Belteshazzar to Daniel, Shadrach to Hananiah, Meshach to Mishael, and Abednego to Azariah.

Great, gr. gr. gr. gr. Aunt Catherine.

Mahala seems to have been a popular name in the early 1800s and continued to be used into the 1880s or so, probably as a passed down family name.

In the 1900s, Pernia and Pernicia also briefly appear in the family tree.

I shook the family tree [3,000 on my Dad's side] and here are the names I really like:

Albert, Gustave, Gersham, Harlow, Wilheim

Emma, Mattie, Fredericka, Flora, Kate

Oooh, great thread! My Polish grandmother's name was Aniela, and we pronounced it anYELLuh. I think it's so beautiful.

We also had a Maude, along with Fanny, Sally, Nora, Georgia, and Esther. For men there was an Ernest, Julius, Seymour, and best of all, a Dude!

Looking at grandparents of my grandparents brought out some more: Aceneth Emeline, Verlinda, Franklin Delonia

had two uncles-twins one was named Frank, one Ernie together they were Frank and Ernest we used to laugh at that

Hallie, Callie and Sallie. My Gram was Hallie. My Grandmama was Agnes.
One great, great Aunt Itelia..we called her Aunt T. Love this thread. Love all the great names and know it brings back memories for all. thank you.