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Current Talk '06 II / Re: DS Names for Real
« on: November 20, 2006, 07:58:49 AM »
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.
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.