10 Uncommon Amish Female Names Now that we’ve looked at common names, how about the less common ones? Paging through church directories, I found a nice mix of creative (invented?) names, and obscure ones. I could find a Biblical origin for only one of these, and you’ll see ...
were sharing some of the most common Old English last names to help you uncover your family history. Lee, Lewis, Long, Lumbard, Lyon, Maddern, Marshall, Martin, Mason, This last name originated from the British Isles, and is actually taken from the Greek name Alexandros, which refers...
Something Scottish would have been preferable, but the good names were taken - McClcl- land, Stewart, Macmillan." Editor Jack David, a burly fellow in jeans and a (non-clan) plaid shia, frowns. "McLeod - no. McLcod was left, but it didn't sound too good." Emerson House, stepsister...
The proportion of open and declared Socialists among the great writers, artists, playwrights, critics, of the Victorian period was out of all proportion to the number of Socialists in the general population. Wilde in his Soul of Man under Socialism, Ruskin in many volumes of imperishable prose...
‘immigrants’ have landed in the UK both legally and illegally, or roughly 10 million in a decade. London is majority non-White, as is Birmingham and many famous cities notable for their prominence during the Victorian era and industrialisation including Leicester, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, ...