old names

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

I was antiquing and came across this




It didn't have a date, so I'm guessing it's from around 1910-1920. It did, however, come with a list of all the students' names on the back! Here they are:

1st row:
Wilson
Rose
Walter
Helen
Sophie
Sidney
Pauline
Ethel
Dena
Lillian
Winifred
Salli

2nd row:
Charlotte
Marie
Ida
Flora
Alphonse
Anna
David
Minnie
Myer
David
Burton
Ruth
Robert
Helen
Jerome
Virginia
Sanford
Betty
George

3rd row:
Doris (last name: Moonshine! Haha)
Neil
Doris
Lois
Raymond
Lawrence
John
June
Morris
Frank
Myer
Gertrude
Burton
Roy
Joseph
Helen

4th row:
Sylvia
Mary
Marjorie
Elizabeth
Bertha
Helen
Ruth
Lucille
Daniel
Gertrude
Bernice
Stanley
Anna
Ester
Maurice
Rose
Wilson
Sylvia

5th row:
Arnold
Ben
Merle
Abbot
Arthur
Wilbur
Wilbur (yes, two next to each other)
Lester
Sidney
Abe
Morris
Aubin
Lee
Lester
Elvin
John
Roy

Just wanted to share :)

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

That's a cool photo!

I like old fashioned names a lot. They seem so much classier (even names like Roy lol).

[deer-lanterns.livejournal.com]

I'll take a good ol' fashioned Roy over a Braedyn anyday!

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Definitely!

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

Sorry to butt in on the convo here, but I keep meaning too ask. WHAT is your icon from? The girl in it looks soooo familiar, and I don't know why!

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

The Babysitter's Club movie! It's Stacey McGill.

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

OMG, THAT'S IT! I KNEW I had seen her before!!!!

Maryanne was always my favorite.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_x_blackroses_x/]

I LOVE the BSC.
Mallory was my favorite.

But to get back to the point, I too MUCH prefer old-fashioned names to tryndee ones. :P In fact I like most of the ones in this list! These are probably my faves:

Wilson
Walter
Ethel
Charlotte
Ida
Flora
Jerome
Virginia*
Betty
Neil*
Doris
Lois
Raymond
Lawrence
Roy
Marjorie
Ruth
Lucille*
Gertrude*
Bernice*
Stanley
Ester
Sylvia

[sunshinelucy.livejournal.com]

What an amazing find!
I love old names, so most of these are really striking my fancy.
Thanks for sharing!

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

I love these names!

Rose
Walter
Helen
Sophie
Ethel
Dena
Lillian
Ida
Anna
David
Ruth
George
Lawrence
John
Gertrude
Joseph
Sylvia
Mary
Elizabeth
Lucille
Ben
Arthur
Abe

Hahahaha, what's really funny is that out of my three guinea pigs, two of them have names that show up on this list (I'm only missing Harold).

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

this is great! thanks for the post

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

cool! :)

[crosseyedcookie.livejournal.com]

Wow, there isn't a name I can say I truly dislike from there.
Doris Moonshine FTW!

[sittingsage.livejournal.com]

Rose
Helen
Sophie
Sidney
Pauline
Ida
Flora
Anna
David
Minnie
Virginia
Betty
George
Neil
Doris
Lawrence
John---john is an 'ehhh' name to me but i like it with the nn Jack
June
Frank--prefer Francis nn Frank
Sylvia!!!!!!
Elizabeth
Merle
Arthur!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like:

Winifred
June
Lucille
Ester

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Sophie
Charlotte