DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Current Talk Archive => Current Talk '24 I => Current Talk '06 II => Topic started by: Josette on November 08, 2006, 08:30:52 AM
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So, there really is a Buzz! And, Devlin is another DS name. Plus, Burke and Buzz both start with "Bu" - so the pairing of those names seems a bit natural.
What I'm getting at is an engagement announcement in our newspaper today and the parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Devlin!
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I have a cousin named David and a brother-in-law by the name of Joe. My real name is Beth, and I have a nephew named Chris......I have met a few Rogers, an Amy, a couple of Maggies, couple of Vicki's in my time....but I have yet to come across a Barnabas or Quentin! Curses! [hall2_grin]
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I have a cousin named David and a brother-in-law by the name of Joe. My real name is Beth, and I have a nephew named Chris......I have met a few Rogers, an Amy, a couple of Maggies, couple of Vicki's in my time....but I have yet to come across a Barnabas or Quentin! Curses!
I have nephews named Nicholas, Joe(y), Sam and Tom(my), 2 more nephews named John (called Jack & Sean-they're brothers too-LOL!), cousins named David, Chris, Paul, Maggie, Laura and Tim, an Aunt Carolyn (we call her Peg though), an aunt named Willie (as in Willie Mae-from Kentucky you understand ;)), an aunt named Sarah, an aunt named Catherine (dead now), an uncle Ned (whose real name is Charles), an uncle Bill, my mom's name is Elizabeth (called Betty-as in Hanscombe!), and a cousin named Elizabeth (called Liz!), an uncle Bob, and my brother-in-laws got nieces named Maggie and Catherine. And, for the piece-da-la-resistance--another aunt's married name was Collins!
There's a woman who works for the landlord where I work named Vickie, I had a neighbor when I was a kid named Amy, I have a friend named Roger, one named Janet (Phoebe on here) and another named Bob, and there's a Saint BARNABAS road in the area where I live! That's all I can come up with so far. Will update later if I think of anyone I forgot. ;)
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I have nephews named Nicholas, Joe(y), Sam and Tom(my), 2 more nephews named John (called Jack & Sean-they're brothers too-LOL!), cousins named David, Chris, Paul, Maggie, Laura and Tim, an Aunt Carolyn (we call her Peg though), an aunt named Willie (as in Willie Mae-from Kentucky you understand ;)), an aunt named Sarah, an aunt named Catherine (dead now), an uncle Ned (whose real name is Charles), an uncle Bill, my mom's name is Elizabeth (called Betty-as in Hanscombe!), and a cousin named Elizabeth (called Liz!), an uncle Bob, and my brother-in-laws got nieces named Maggie and Catherine. And, for the piece-da-la-resistance--another aunt's married name was Collins!
There's a woman who works for the landlord where I work named Vickie, I had a neighbor when I was a kid named Amy, I have a friend named Roger, one named Janet (Phoebe on here) and another named Bob, and there's a Saint BARNABAS road in the area where I live! That's all I can come up with so far. Will update later if I think of anyone I forgot. ;)
Wow, Buzz, you sure have a lot of DS names in your family! :)
But.....what, no Bramwell's? ;) ;D
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But.....what, no Bramwell's?
Oh! Thanks for reminding me! One of my stuffed bears is named Bramwell! I *do* love that name, and not just for the obvious reasons that I LOVE that character! ;) Oh, and my cat's name is Louie (as in Edmonds-but he came w/that name when I adopted him! ;))
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We recently got a new dog recently, a dauchsand....I suggested to my mom she call him Barnabas....she smiled and said no his name is Frisky, that's the name the people who sold him to my mom called him and she's gonna stick to it.
Drat, foiled again! Still no Barnabas! [hall2_grin]
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There might be a Barnabas in my family tree. Our family history gets rather sketchy in the late 1700s. (I'm not kidding!, lol!) And there's tons of folks at that time with the same last name, but no link with my ancestor. So I've just arbitrarily picked Barnabas. LOL! Who knows? I might be right! But the funniest DS coincidence for me, is my 3x great-grandmother Julia who had a sister named Angeline. I know. No cigar. But close!!!!
Judy
[angl]
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Our family history gets rather sketchy in the late 1700s. (I'm not kidding!, lol!)
Do you have a great-great-great-great grandfather named Joshua!?  ;D
We recently got a new dog recently, a dauchsand....I suggested to my mom she call him Barnabas....she smiled and said no his name is Frisky, that's the name the people who sold him to my mom called him and she's gonna stick to it.
Drat, foiled again! Still no Barnabas!
My brother went out w/a girl in college who had a dog named Barnabas Collins! And yes, she and her sister were fans of the show! ;)
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A number of years ago I convinced my mother to name one of the puppies we kept from a litter we had, Josette. We called her Josie for short. Unfortunately we ended up selling her (much to my dismay) and she too died before her time. Must be a name curse or something. [hall2_wink]
I also have a dog named Willie, who is rather nervous, and an Elliot (as in Stokes).
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The new head of the UN's World Food Program is Josette Sheeran.
ProfStokes
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Some links to consider...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Bidwell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Zhang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaba_Cagnoli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaba_Oriani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barnabas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabas_Sibusiso_Dlamini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Barnabas_Burke_Mayhew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnabus_Kelet_Henagan
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What I'm getting at is an engagement announcement in our newspaper today and the parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Devlin!
Hmmm, maybe in PT - After Carolym dumped Buzz, he went on a bender at the Blue Whale and bumps into Burke, their eyes meet, one thing leads to another, and years later we find out that Buzz and Burke moved to vermont, adopted a baby and eventually got civilly united when the law was passed! [hall2_grin]
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What I'm getting at is an engagement announcement in our newspaper today and the parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Devlin!
Hmmm, maybe in PT - After Carolym dumped Buzz, he went on a bender at the Blue Whale and bumps into Burke, their eyes meet, one thing leads to another, and years later we find out that Buzz and Burke moved to vermont, adopted a baby and eventually got civilly united when the law was passed!
Hmmm, interesting theory. But who's the WIFE! ;)
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My ex-sister-in-law wanted to name my niece Angelique, (yes, after THAT Angelique) but my brother put an end to that idea..... ::)
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Hmmm, interesting theory. But who's the WIFE! ;)
Hahaha! Well, they take turns. :o
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I named my first car Willie, after Willie Loomis. It never broke down, so I never had a chance to say, "Willie, you betrayed me!"
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I also remember my brother Dan used to go out with a girl named Angelique, they broke up after a year together but on good terms I am happy to say....no curses or anything. [hall2_grin]
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That's all I can come up with so far. Will update later if I think of anyone I forgot. ;)
Thought of another one. I forgot about Michael the Leviathan brat, and one of my brother's is named Mike, though we all call him Beep-LONNNNNNNNG story! ;)
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My direct ancestor during the American Revolution was named Joshua Joyner. From what we know he was directly under Washington as a foot soldier, they have found pensioners papers, and the funny thing is he was likely at the battle of Yorktown. Diane's direct ancesteor was at the same battle on the Redcoat side, in Cornwallis's medical corps.
Michael [hall2_grin]
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My direct ancestor during the American Revolution was named Joshua Joyner. From what we know he was directly under Washington as a foot soldier, they have found pensioners papers, and the funny thing is he was likely at the battle of Yorktown. Diane's direct ancesteor was at the same battle on the Redcoat side, in Cornwallis's medical corps. [hall2_grin]
Cool! One of mine, Elijah Caswell (ok, not Joshua, but still Biblical--wasn't everybody? LOL!) was a drummer in the Revolution. Another cousin says he was also connected to the regiment of the "crossing the Delaware" picture. Another ancestor on my mom's side, George Charles Harmon (aka Charlie Grey Horse) fought at the Battle of Hanging Rock where the American forces got WHUPPED. In his own words, "We all left according to our own notion..." In other words, a Monty Pytonesque "RUN AWAY!!!!"
Judy
[angl]
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Oh, I can't believe I didn't remember this sooner....we used to have a next-door neighbor with the name Collins, Kim Collins to be precise, who not only shares the last name of my favorite TV family but also the first name of an older sister of mine. :)
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So, there really is a Buzz! And, Devlin is another DS name. Plus, Burke and Buzz both start with "Bu" - so the pairing of those names seems a bit natural.
What I'm getting at is an engagement announcement in our newspaper today and the parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Buzz Devlin!
Interesting! I'm always amused, myself, when driving around, when I see relevant company names. Like, for example, across the border in Canada (from New York State) there is a Hackett Orchard. Then, locally, there is Hoffman's Coffee Shop. And Loomis Lane...which was in Vermont. I always think to take pictures AFTER I've gotten home. :D
MaineGirl
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I don't have any New England names in my ancestry, but my earliest recorded ancestors in my direct patriarchal line are also names mentioned on DS: Philippe and Catherine (they lived in the Duchy of Lorraine in the 1600s). I only recently realized that these are also the names of the two main characters in the movie "Eye of the Devil," a happy coincidence since this movie struck such a chord with me, but then these names are quite common in France. (What becomes more surprising is that I also have an ancestor named Odile, though she didn't have a brother named Christian - Odile was not an uncommon name in NE France.) I've searched hard for an Angelique and did find a cousin of some ancestors by that name, so while she could be said to be in an extended family tree, she isn't my ancestor, disappointingly. The name Angelique isn't quite as rare as I had originally thought since I came across it a number of times in 17th century records. Other ancestor's names that are also on DS include: Elisabeth (minor spelling variation), Claude (my oldest recorded ancestor on the maternal side of this line), and Gabriel.
Lately I've switched to my Nordic ancestry, but the names here are quite different for the most part, not likely to be found among any DS characters, though I have found a very early Catherine, in Sƒ¸nderjylland. There was a Carl later in the 1700s, though as a military man he probably was not much like Carl Collins (on of my favorite John Karlen portrayals). And a Scandinavian great-grandmother of mine Americanized her name to Carrie in the 1800s (as in the 1840 storyline's "Tad and Carrie").
After writing this, I started consulting a list of DS characters and realize my list is paltry in terms of percentage of hits ... no Jebez, Judah, Gerard, Bramwell or Ezras, no Minerva, Charity, or Dorcas. What great names the DS writers came up with - and all of them historically accurate for the time periods, as far as I can tell. I have no surnames in common - no Stokes or Collins or Braithwaites or Hawkes in my family ... I suppose I could add first names of current relatives: Victoria, Sarah, David, etc. But no Maggie, Carolyn, Cassandra - except, as I type that, I remember that my sister's name is "Sandra" and that when we were kids growing up watching DS, I really wished she could change it to "Cassandra" because of Cassandra Blair, and I was thrilled when my mother said that Sandra was a form of "Cassandra." At the time, I would have said both my sister and Cassandra were about equally evil ... My sister goes by "Sandy" today, which was the name of Victoria Winters' roommate at the foundling home :D
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I'm always amused, myself, when driving around, when I see relevant company names.
There was a beach house in Hampton Beach in NH my sister and I used to rent with friends for the month of June (this was several years ago). There was a house down the street that had a sign out front identifying it as "Windcliffe". I always got a kick out of that.
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I'm not even sure I have a cousin David. No relatives whatsoever probably, named the same as DS people.
I wish I lived in New England.
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I was just looking for information for my cousin Barbara on an ancestor of ours named Barbe, when I noticed that Barbe (d. 1736) was married to Jean-Gerard (d. 1731) (who was "maire" - mayor). How could I have forgotten that I had a Gerard in my ancestry when Gerard Stiles is one of my favorite DS characters? And their daughter was named Catherine - I have Catherines coming out of my ears! (If there was anyone named Marie on DS, I've got tons of those, too ...)
The other name I remembered is Nicholas. My great-great-great-grandfather in my direct line was named Jean-Nicolas (6 Dec 1765 - 10 Dec 1811). Since Nicholas Blair is about my least favorite major character on DS, I can see why I hadn't remembered this name earlier.
Yikes, this is getting scary, I just remembered that I also had an ancestor named Adam (whose daughter was named Catherine), and the sister of a different ancestor was named Anne-Eve. This was in the late 1600s. And the father of the Jean-Gerard I mentioned above was also named Nicolas (1643-1693).
BTW, I really enjoyed the humorous associations people had in this thread.
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I had an ancestor named Adam. He and his common-law wife got evicted for nude sunbathing or something. Back when he was single he had some accident with his rib cage and it was all lopsided after that. They never found the missing rib.
My uncle was named Nicholas, and had a hat just like Nicholas Blair's. He used to wear it all the time, and used to travel a lot. He didn't go to church much from what I recall. Oh, and I almost forgot, his last name was Blair and he worked for Satan. I'm crappy with details, sorry.
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I have cousins (and 2nd cousins) named David, Carolyn, Amy, Sarah, Amanda, Chris, Joshua and Nicholas. I have an uncle named Tom and my father was William but, he was called Bill not Will or Willie. My real name is also Beth and one of my dogs is Alexis (called Lexie). Unfortunately no Quentins, Angeliques, or Josettes - but there is a St. Barnabas parish somewhere in my city.
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There is a nursing home near Plano, Tx called Collinwood! :-)
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My mom's name is Catherine Elizabeth (two hits there), and in college I knew a girl called "Angelique."Â Yes, she was named after the character on Dark Shadows, and yes, she was a total bee-yatch!
Oh, and my real middle name is Caroline (close), but no 'gar. ::)
I've wracked my brain and can't come up with any other DS names among my family or friends. Well, I knew a Vikki a few years back, and she actually reminded me of Joanna Going a little bit. She said her father named her after Vikki Carr - so her name wasn't really Victoria.
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I have a cousin David, and a cousin Tim. Great grandfather Roger, grandson Adam. Grandfather-brother-uncle-2 cousins Daniel. Other cousins include Charles, Paul, Chris (2 of those), Philip.
I know a 90+ year old woman named Dorcas, and a not quite so old man named Jeremiah. Also, a friend of my little sister back in hs went with this guy who named his beat up car Jeremiah, after the bullfrog. Chick got pregnant in the back seat and actually named the kid after the car.
I have friends whose last name is Trask, and you trip over Stokeses up here.
Heard some woman screeching at her kids at the mall awhile back, and one of the names she was screaming (over and over and over) was Quentin. A far less charming Quentin to be sure.
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I know a 90+ year old woman named Dorcas, and a not quite so old man named Jeremiah.
You reminded me, my sister-in-law has a nephew named Jeremiah! ;)
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I have friends whose last name is Trask, and you trip over Stokeses up here.
Are these Stokeses on the sidewalk outside of fancy cheese shops? Maybe they're just sleeping it off.
Trask just might be the coolest-sounding last name, ever. I'd love to overhear someone say, "And here is your change, Mr. Trask!" I'd have to resist the urge to sidle up to the guy, elbow him in the ribs, and go, "See her? What about that guy by Starbucks? Wha-- that one with the slightly pointy hat, gotta be a witch! Huh?"
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My name is Rachel and I'm married to a Matt. His sister is named Alexis and his step-father is Paul. I know an Amy and a Phil...and lots of other of the common names. :)
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There's a place in Minnesota called Fridley.
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My niece is named Josette, yes after Josette on DS. My brother Bobby who got me hooked on DS when I was 9 named her that. She was born about a year and a half after DS was cancelled. I always said if I ever had a daughter I'd name her Angelique. I never had a daughter but I named my first cat Angelique.
As for other DS names, in my family, I have a cousin David, an uncle Tom, cousin Daniel (we called him Danny, he was a year older than me and died of cancer a few years ago) I have a great nephew Zachary. I know people in my church who have DS names, there have been several Collinses, there is a Stokes, and lots of people with DS first names.
I remember there was an obituary that went through some of our yahoo groups back in November I think of a young man who had been born in 1969 whose first name was Quentin. I forget all the obituary said but it was clear that his mother had been a fan of DS.
Alondra
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I know people with "DS" names but I'm sure it had nothing to do with DS. :-
My husband's name is Tom, my brother-in-law is Daniel, his wife Donna, a cousin named Adam. Many of these names are common ones but I don't know any Quentins, Angeliques, or Magdas. :D
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Oh and in french class, I used the names Josette and Angelique in different years.
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I know of 2 Quentins and One Angelique. Angelique gets a kick that she has the same name as a witch.
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Oh and in french class, I used the names Josette and Angelique in different years.
::laughing:: I was almost Josette in French class too (this was WAY before I ever got into DS) but settled on Jeanne.
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On NPR a few weeks ago I heard Paul Collins and Jennifer Elder talking about their autistic son, Morgan, and I think they mentioned that Morgan’s younger brother is named Bramwell.
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My mother's family is from Maine. Not too many DS names in the family though. I do have two Uncle Toms and cousins Paul, David and Carolyn.
There is a Tony award winning Broadway actress named Victoria Clark that I met a few years ago. She was very much aware of--and quite amused by--the Dark Shadows connection.