Ancestors

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

My great-grandmother and her five sisters:

Marjorie Martha
Thora Jane
Neta Hildred
Rhoda Emily May
Alice Ruth
Woodburn Leila

Yes. Woodburn. I don't know. She always went by Leila, or Lee. My grandmother once told me that she was named Woodburn because she was being baptised, and they couldn't think of a name for her, and there was a stove in the room called 'Woodburn', so they named her that. I have no idea if that's actually true.

Comments

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

My great-grandmother and her sisters had pretty cool names, too: Hazel Ruth, Grace Pearl, Myrtle Fern, Maude (not sure on mn), Gladys Rose

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I love Hazel Ruth.

[bornto-fly.livejournal.com]

Me too :) Grace is really pretty, too, but Pearl is a little much, haha. I plan to use Grace as a middle name, after that particular relative.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I like Thora.
Woodburn? I don't really know how I feel about that yet.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

It is pretty bizzare.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Woodburn.
That could grow on me actually (only when entertaining naming ideas, however; not as an actual idea).

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

My grandmother's middle name was Woodruff, after the minister who married her parents.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

My grandparents on my mother's side were Thomas Peter Sterczala (his dad was Tomasz) and Gladys Irene. My other set was Henry and Lorraine. Those were of French-Canadian background. I know many of the relatives had names like Marie, Diane, Rose, etc. But there is a Euclid in there somewhere, a great-uncle or something.

[moldycelery.livejournal.com]

I love the name Marjorie so much. Neta Hildred, on the other hand, is kind of iffy.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

I like Thora Jane!

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

My aunt and uncle are both pilots, and when they couldn't decide on what to name their daughter, one of them saw the name Delsey on someone's luggage (it's a luggage brand), and they named their daughter Delsey. True story. :o) Although I think Delsey is pretty, but Woodburn...oh dear. Haha.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Rhoda Emily May is awesome. It flows so well =)
I also like Thora...even though it's a little strange.