Relatives - More?

[Cornish Terrier]

Hi all - thought I might let you know that I have another relative.

At the tender age of (not very old) I am now a great-uncle!

Missed one phone call then got another soon after from my father.

It happened that his timing was not great as I was in the cabin of a Fire Truck trying to track down a reported fire.

Bottom line is that there was no fire - but rather a dust cloud which, combined with the backdrop of dark menacing cloud, suggested a column of smoke!

But if it had been a fire ..............

Anyway - Dad managed to get through the message that I am now a Great-Uncle to the daughter of the daughter of my youngest brother.

Guess she will get married one of these days!

Oh - And How Times Have Changed! ;D

[Mal]

Congratulations! Another Trewheela per chance?

PS Raging bush fires at the moment? Want some Italian rain?

[Cornish Terrier]

Another Trewheela per chance

(In my case Trewhella) I am not really sure.

My brother is a Trewhella (not sure how that worked out but I guess they figured if I am one of them and he is my brother they might as well give him the same surname as mine - there have been occasions where I have wondered about the sensibility of this plan)

He is actually a good bloke my youngest brother!

Now, he 'was' married (sounds familiar - so was I : and by 'her' he had two children.

BTW - I think he named his son after old Mathey TREWHELLA of the 'Mermaid of Zennor' story.

His other child was (and still is) a daughter.

And herein lies the problem!

She was born (and I would presume baptised) a Trewhella.

Now she has brought forth a daughter and, at least as far as I am aware she is not married and there have been no suggestions of marriage. (Well I don't get told absolutely everything!)

So I can see a few options for the Birth Certificate (bearing in mind I was told only an hour after the birth so the child had not yet been named):-

Let us call the girl 'Loveday' for the sake of the excercise.

Loveday TREWHELLA
Loveday (whatever the father's surname is)
Loveday WE HAVE NOT DECIDED BUT WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE DO

And then comes the part we, as family researchers, all love.

The child might be registered as:-

1. TREWHELLA
2. SURNAME OF FATHER
3. 'not telling yet 'cos we don't know'
4. TREWHELLA and then changed later to surname of father
5. surname of father and then no marriage so reverts to mother's M.N.
6.Combination of both names (just like my ex-missus did when she married me :
7. ......................
8. .......................

Use your imagination and let me know of a few other options you may have encountered.

And I bet you all thought a simple question would elicit a simple answer. ;D

[londoner]

Congratulations - great neices are good fun, I have 8.


In my family the unmarried neices & nephew's children have variously hers 'n' his hyphenated or just his, they don't seem to use the mother's name on its own. The old days of not entering father's name on birth certificates is long gone.
It will no doubt cause great confusion for future researchers.

[Cornish Terrier]

Not sure you know my family that well!

And why am I being congratulated - Crikey - I had nothing to do with it!

Mind you - could be some 'just desserts' for little brother given he had played the old game of 'try before you buy' and the mother of his grandaughter (my great-grandaughter) was 'encouraging' the marriage to be sooner rather than later.

Friends and Cousins out on the Scillies had a name for that game when I was there - but it may be prudent that I not mention that particular name here on the 'open forum'.

And now that I have aged 20 years in such a short space of time ..........

[Mal]

I like the name Loveday, what about Peternel, or Dorcas?

[Cornish Terrier]

I am guessing I will have absolutely no say in the matter!