Herongerdy

[Little Nell]

Any thoughts on this name?

from FreeReg:

County Norfolk
Place Brooke
Church St Peter
Baptism Date 15 Mar 1678/79
Herongerdy
Sex F
Mother Mary DANDY
Notes Base Daughter

[Mary from Italy]

That's an odd one. Mistranscribed?

It doesn't sound biblical, but I checked the Concordance just in case, and it isn't there.

I've tried writing it in scrawly script, but I can't imagine what it might be.

[Elaine ..Spain]

There is a burial listed for 16 Mar 1678 with the name Wronggervy Dandy. :(

[Mary from Italy]

[Elizabeth Herts]

I've tried saying it out loud in case it becomes apparent from the way it is said, but no luck.

What an odd one. I thought Lettision was weird enough (OH's 5-gt-grandmother, whose baptism and marriage we found). I think that was a corrupted spelling of Letitia or a variant.

[Christine in Herts]

Helen Gertie? - A bit early for Gertie as an abbreviation for Gertrude, though!

I'm trying to think what the name could be if it sounded like that in broad Norfolk!

Perhaps it was supposed to be Helen + the surname of the supposed father???

Christine

[Little Nell]

Poor child. To be illegitimate and then to be buried as Wronggervy!

She isn't one of mine and with name like that, I doubt if many want to claim her.

[Roger in Sussex]

Poor child. To be illegitimate and then to be buried as Wronggervy!

She isn't one of mine and with name like that, I doubt if many want to claim her.

I'd rather have that than Mary Ann, any day.:D

[Elizabeth Herts]

Aah, Roger, but think how easy she would be to find on the census (assuming they could spell/transcribe her name correctly!!)!

My favourites are those with the names that are easy to research.

[Rachel Scand]

Helen Gertie? -
Christine

That's what I just came up with too (promise didn't look)

Ellen ? Erin ?

[Roger in Sussex]

Aah, Roger, but think how easy she would be to find on the census (assuming they could spell/transcribe her name correctly!!)!

My favourites are those with the names that are easy to research.

That was my point! But the possibilities of mistranscription are hideously numerous. Hadn't thought of that.

[Elizabeth Herts]

:o:o:o

Roger, that will teach me to read something quickly and just once without my reading glasses while in the middle of dishing up supper!

At least we agree!! :D

[kylejustin]

i have an ancestor who was born to a maior and sarah hindle in the early 1700's. all her siblings had the same parents. i have no idea, as i cant find a marriage or birth on familysearch.

[Little Nell]

Post some details on another thread and perhaps someone here can find your ancestor.

[Olde Crone Holden]

Hildegarde? Or some other name ending in (-garde).

OC

[Little Nell]

Trust OC to come up with that! You could well be right.

[Christine in Herts]

Yes, OC. I agree that's a real possibility. Well done!

Christine

[Little Nell]

Or it could just be something like Margaret written very badly!

[KiteRunner]

But it must have sounded something like "Wronggervy" for the burial entry to work, though?

[Little Nell]

Well, no, it might have looked like Wronggervy when it was written down, it didn't necessarily sound like it.