I've had a quick (fruitless) look on the GedCom database, but...
Does anyone have anyone called Mayleston(e) (given or family name) in their tree? It occurs in a friend's tree, and I've been trying to see whether I can help her with her tree a bit.
The name seems to be extremely rare, whether as given or family name.
In my friend's tree it occurs in conjunction with the surname HALDON (not HOLDEN! ;)) in London.
Googling suggests it is also linked with MOODIE/MUDIE in Scotland (and Australia) - which agrees with James (possibly middle name Mayleston) HALDON, the father of that family, giving PoB as Scotland.
I have some dormant ScotlandsPeople credits, but I'm not sure whether I'm far enough along to justfy shelling out to revive them to try for more info in Scotland.
I have found more modern records in the London Gazette and the Flight Magazine archives, plus traces of the Moodie link in the Australian National Archives. It's just joining them all up that seems to be a problem.
The HALDON family seems to have Marina as a feminine given name - also quite unusual.
I'm not expecting a deluge of answers, but it would be interesting to know if anyone else has such a link; and it would be helpful to be alerted to any other sources of info where the name crops up.
... Just thought... I haven't tried the Times Digital Archive - *makes mental note*.
Christine
Does anyone have anyone called Mayleston(e) (given or family name) in their tree? It occurs in a friend's tree, and I've been trying to see whether I can help her with her tree a bit.
The name seems to be extremely rare, whether as given or family name.
In my friend's tree it occurs in conjunction with the surname HALDON (not HOLDEN! ;)) in London.
Googling suggests it is also linked with MOODIE/MUDIE in Scotland (and Australia) - which agrees with James (possibly middle name Mayleston) HALDON, the father of that family, giving PoB as Scotland.
I have some dormant ScotlandsPeople credits, but I'm not sure whether I'm far enough along to justfy shelling out to revive them to try for more info in Scotland.
I have found more modern records in the London Gazette and the Flight Magazine archives, plus traces of the Moodie link in the Australian National Archives. It's just joining them all up that seems to be a problem.
The HALDON family seems to have Marina as a feminine given name - also quite unusual.
I'm not expecting a deluge of answers, but it would be interesting to know if anyone else has such a link; and it would be helpful to be alerted to any other sources of info where the name crops up.
... Just thought... I haven't tried the Times Digital Archive - *makes mental note*.
Christine
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