Horatio

[E.Martin]

Reading recently of some of our ancient seagoing ancestors and the strange christian names some of them had.
First of all
Horatio,
Arthur KNYVET Wilson
John ARBUTHNOT Fisher
Samuel GURNEY Creswell
MERRICK
PEPPER
CLOUDESLEY.
To name a few.
Any of you old mariners got a strange christian name?
I sailed with a Claude who hated to be called by that name.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Interesting, thanks K.

[Jim Brady]

A guy drank in my local for many years he was known to everyone as Bob.Anyway Bob died and his brother came over from Yorkshire for the funeral,we were talking to his brother about different things about Bob,Bobs brother was a bit confused as he was actually Bob and our "Bob" was in fact named Cyril.Cyril must've left home in Yorkshire to go to sea and did'nt fancy being called Cyril so took his brother Bobs name over.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Captain Kong]

I sailed with an AB in 1952 called Clarence.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Reading recently of some of our ancient seagoing ancestors and the strange christian names some of them had.
First of all
Horatio,
Arthur KNYVET Wilson
John ARBUTHNOT Fisher
Samuel GURNEY Creswell
MERRICK
PEPPER
CLOUDESLEY.
To name a few.
Any of you old mariners got a strange christian name?
I sailed with a Claude who hated to be called by that name.

Hope you will expand on this: Interested. K

[Peter F Chard]

How about ' VERDUN ' for a first name ?? I know two men who did !! Regards Peter in NZ.

[Lou Barron]

I hate being called Charles because sometimes was called a proper Charlie

[j.sabourn]

#6 Isnt Verdun a place in Europe where some Treaty was signed after the Great War.?? JS

[Peter F Chard]

Hi JS, Yes, the place was a real killing field, both the men I know with the name had fathers who were there when the battles took place, both were ANZACS. Regards Peter in NZ.

[happy daze john in oz]

There was a guy who applied for a job in the Uni where I was employed. when asked his name he said it was just Mac.
The Dean said he must have something else as Mac would not look good on his door.
Truth to tell he said his real name was john Thomas McDangle and went to oxford and got a BA. then to Cambridge and got a BS.
Then went to Thailand and got a certain disease.
When Oxford herd this they took the BA away from him.
When Cambridge found out what Oxford had done they took away his BS.
Then the disease took away his John Thomas,
As there was then nothing left to dangle he became just Mac.