Bromsgrove Briefing

Editor: Mike Fisher June 2008

Tuesday 10th June at 7.45 p.m.

“Unusual Occupations and Family Names”

Tonight’s meeting will be an opportunity for members and visitors alike to bring along 

aspects of family research whichhas highlighted unusual Occupations, Trades and

 Professions – these can then be discussed and other people will have the opportunity 

to comment or compare and pass on knowledge of any unidentifiable trades.

Also you may have experienced some unusual family first names (personal names) which

 you can share at the meeting – such as Thurza or Clementina or Biblical names, 

Ezekiel, Jeremiah or Judus?

Bring them along – you never know who may share the names that you have

and they may have researched where those names originated!

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When my father died in 1995 I put his full name Ralph James Fisher in the obituary in the paper.

At his funeral my cousins came up to me and said they did not know

"Uncle Jim" was really Ralph.

DID YOU KNOW ?

if you search FreeBMD for Surname, First Name you get surname, first name + any additional

 first names. if you search for Surname and in the First Name(s) box put * a space then first name you get all the entries for surname, any first name + the first name you wanted. 

This is useful if like in my fathers case the family kept the first forename for Sunday best

 and the people are known by second name.

This is the result from Fisher,* Cornelius :-

Fisher,John Cornelius ,Births,Dec 1839,Preston ,21,575,

Fisher,Edwin Cornelius ,Births,Sep 1854,Birmingham ,6d,28,

Fisher,Joseph Cornelius ,Births,Sep 1856,Kings Norton ,6c,366,

Fisher,Thomas Cornelius ,Births,Sep 1871,St Saviour Southwark ,1d,93,

Fisher,Charles Cornelius ,Births,Jun 1881,Colchester ,4a,419,

Fisher,Edward Cornelius ,Births,Mar 1882,Lambeth ,1d,385,

Fisher,Alfred Cornelius ,Births,Sep 1883,King's N. ,6c,456,

Fisher,Edward Cornelius ,Births,Dec 1886,King's N. ,6c,426,

Fisher,Edward Cornelius ,Births,Sep 1890,King's N. ,6c,418,

Fisher,William Cornelius ,Births,Jun 1908,Madeley ,6a,609,

Now it was quite common for a surname to be used as a forename.

So if you have an unusual one then leave the Surname box empty

and put the your surname in First Name only or * First Name.

These are the results using my mother's surname Artiss as * Artiss :-

Godwin,James Artiss ,Births,Sep 1859,Manchester ,8d,_4,

Jenner,Charlotte Artiss ,Births,Dec 1864,St Geo Han Sq ,1a,238,

Heath,Annie Artiss ,Births,Sep 1868,Stroud ,6a,315,

Greenfield,Charles Artiss ,Births,Dec 1876,St Saviour Southwark ,1d,33,

Cruikshank,Hilda Artiss ,Births,Sep 1897,Highworth ,5a,1,

Pallant,Alfred Artiss ,Births,Dec 1905,Stockton ,10a,62,

Following on I put just the (sur)name ARTESS as * artess into the first name(s)

field and searched for births and came up with

Jones,Beatrice Artess ,Births,Jun 1885,Crickhowell ,11b,115,

Meacham,Frank Artess ,Births,Mar 1904,King's N. ,6c,446,

I did the same with marriages and came up with

Meacham,Frank Artess ,Marriages,Dec 1903,King's N. ,6c,741,

I found Frank A Meacham in the 1901 census and he is the son of Thomas

Meacham & Mary Ann born Cleveley,OXF. Where my Artiss family came from.

On Checking my database I have a Mary Ann Artiss born 1842 in Cleveley who

disappears after the 1861 census.

On freeBMD

Meacham,Thomas ,Marriages,Jun 1862,Kings N ,6c,544,

Artess,Mary Ann ,Marriages,Jun 1862,Kings N ,6c,544,

I know have a new branch on my family tree !

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Ann Humphries and Graham Verow

after been dressed by Ingrid Walden (who was Hope the Pedlar)

at the May meeting

(photos by Jennie Harris)

Publish and be damned

Mike Fisher

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