Heh, family names can be really interesting to track from generation to generation - although can also cause all kinds of confusion. My great-grandfather was named William Henry, after his uncle, another William Henry, whose own son was also named William Henry...
And one day, according to family legend, all three William Henrys were caught poaching together. The fine upstanding member of local constabulary asked each of their names in turn - and was not amused to hear that they were all called William Henry Tarr!
Another family name is Otto Patrick, which stems back to the Norwegian sailor Otto whose grave is above and his Irish bride Honora. There was an Otto Patrick in every generation for the next several generations!
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Date: 2010-06-30 10:16 am (UTC)And one day, according to family legend, all three William Henrys were caught poaching together. The fine upstanding member of local constabulary asked each of their names in turn - and was not amused to hear that they were all called William Henry Tarr!
Another family name is Otto Patrick, which stems back to the Norwegian sailor Otto whose grave is above and his Irish bride Honora. There was an Otto Patrick in every generation for the next several generations!