just seen this born in 1842 JUNE Stepney poor Girl.
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Susannah Elizabeth Christmasday ?? lol
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It's probably not much more of a problem than CHRISTMAS (see my footer!) or EASTER - or any other such seasonal name.
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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Yes, foundlings were given names according to which authority undertook responsibility for them and they all had their own systems for naming thse poor little mites.
Often they were named after the town, village or borough. (Pre Poor Law Union).
Some foundling institutions used the alphabet - first child in was Annie, second one Betty and so on. Surnames were picked the same way, but started at the opposite end of the alphabet.
Institutions of a religious nature would use surnames like Christmas, Easter, Lent etc with an appropriate saint's name as a forename.
And as Nell says, some were simply named after the place where they were found.
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