Interesting Historical Names

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Caught my roommate going over a binderful of information related to her dad's family's genealogy to work on her family tree. I couldn't resist asking to pour over it for interesting names. Managed to uncover some sort of weird incestuous plotline between her great-great grand uncles families and to gather quite the list of names.

I've tried to include genders and birth dates where they were available as well as some of the family connections. The family immigrated from Germany if I am correctly informed but have been living in New York, US and the southern portion of Ontario, Canada since around 1800(New York) and 1820 (Ontario). We've looked up some of the names and found several different spellings for some of them. I've listed the most common spelling here.

Interesting names:

Names in "" are nicknames.
Double names are first name and middle name. No last names are listed.

Annatje - (f) 1776
Petrus "Peter" - (m) 1770
Sopronia - 1849
Franklyn - (m) 1840
Mahattabelle "Hattie" - (f)  1880
Othela - (unknown) 1918
Oaklen - (m) unknown
Alzina Alcina - (f) 1858
Christeyan - (m) 1754
Marquis LaFayere - (unknown) 1842
Arrdillo - (m) 1849
Ephau - (f) unknown
Romain - (m) 1874
Lodisky - (f) 1881
Lodema - (f) 1860
Alexander Nasmyth - (m) unknown
Harmon - (m) 1883
Lucinda "Leandy" - (f) 1873 [I added this one because I really liked the nickname]
Mary Idelia - (f) 1885
Parline - (f) unknown [sister in law had a birth date of 1913]
Huron - (m) 1892
Arvilla - (f) 1906
Mabel Lovellia - (f) 1896
Emery - (m) 1891
Miney Mathelia - (f) 1897
Burton - (m) 1912
Lula - (f) 1881
Luetta - (f) 1882 (niece with same name in 1908)
Ina Arlephia - (f) 1885
Acey - (m) 1901
Elppa - (m) 1909
Arlette - (f) 1886
Beryl - (f) unknown
Dufferin - (m) unknown
Clayton LaVerne - (m) 1887
Mabel Evilena - (f) 1888
Almeda - (f) 1889
James Avether - (m) 1890

Several women are named Mable instead of Mabel and I thought that was an interesting variation especially since Mabel was used as well.

Currently my favourite name "story" is about "Adam" who married a "Margaretha". They named their first son "Adam" and their first daughter "Margaretha". Adam's nephew was (I'm guessing) named after him. This "Adam" married a "Margaretha". All three women have the name spelled like that and since there is no marriage record for the daughter, I'm assuming she kept her last name. This means their would have been three people called Adam ---- and three people called Margaretha ----.

Another interesting "story" is about triplet girls born on May 15, 1916 to mother "Ina Arlephia" who were called "Edith", "Ida" and "Ada". All three babies died on May 18, 1916. We're guessing that the mother was shocked to have three babies. She probably had a name picked out for one baby but needed quick names for the other two so she could get the sick children christened before they passed.

One of the best couples for name combinations is Romain (m) and Lodisky (f). They also happen to be first cousins once removed. There were several other "close" couples but those two had the most creative names. 

I don't really know what else I can add. Some of these names I really like and some others are definitely not my style. It was interesting to see changes in not only naming traditions but also spellings over time. Even the spelling of their last name changed completely on several occasions. 

I'll probably post more names when I have more time to go through the other several dozen pages.