More Tombstone Finds

[alzora]

Here's a mix of male and female names that I found in another graveyard online. I'm into history, genealogy, and obviously NAMES, so I often find myself browsing random American graveyards online. Some of these are names we've all heard but that struck me as interesting for the 1800s. As to gender, your guess is as good as mine.

Arvid
Banks
Bealer
Benton
Birdine
City Ann
Clara Lou << cute combo
Diadama
Docia
Elden
Electa
Elva
Errol
Flossie Mae
Garland
Gilla
Goldina
Greenlee
Jalmer
Jotham << favorite on the list
Junius
Knute
Largent
Louisena
Mahlon
Miner
Mitta May << ah! cute!
Nannie
Nealy << I met a girl Neely who is my age
Pantha
Parlen << love!
Parmelia << I see this one a lot, and I just love it. It reminds me of Parmesan cheese and that makes me happy...Lol
Petronilla "Petra"
Philander
Philinda
Pluma Hallie
Reka
Rozella
Roxie
Steele
Surrena
Tena
Tilla
Tressie
Vonee
Wealthia
Wealthy Ann
Willie Mae

[nono]

Wealthia and Wealthy Ann are both amazingly tacky. Pluma Hallie is really interesting. I sort of like Neely on a girl in a guilty pleasure way. I've heard of a few of them. I think most of their parents were inspired by Valley of the Dolls.

[saramee]

Do you use www.rootsweb.com to find your tombstone lists? I go there often and also www.ancestry.com.

Anyway, love your list! So interesting the way people named their children. BTW - I know a little baby girl named Greenlee.

[thetxbelle]

Wealthia and Wealthy Ann are both amazingly tacky. Pluma Hallie is really interesting. I sort of like Neely on a girl in a guilty pleasure way. I've heard of a few of them. I think most of their parents were inspired by Valley of the Dolls.

Unless I am mistaken these names are from the 1800s and naming traditions were very different then than they are now so I don't think you can compare these names to ones we use today and call them tacky. FWIW Wealthia is a far from unheard of, there is a character with the name in the novel "Canal Town" by Samuel Hopkins Adams. It's set in the 1800s as well.

[ilovenames89]

I walk them and find names like Kezia and other names

[flick]

Clara Lou - this is cute. Would have prefer Clara Louise.
Docia - this is cool to see
Elden - Alden / Elden have been on my radar lately for boys.
Electa - cute
Errol - this makes me giddy, so cute!
Flossie - I WANT to like Flossie, but all I think of is my mom referring to my thong underwear as "butt floss" when I was a teen. omg, I just can't shake that association, as much as I want to.
Goldina - this is actually kind of cute. I love Goldie as a nickname.
Junius - this is cool.
Mitta May - Mitta could be so adorable, I could do without the May.
Parmelia - this is adorable!
Petronilla - cute!

Very interesting list! Thank you!

[flick]

Unless I am mistaken these names are from the 1800s and naming traditions were very different then than they are now so I don't think you can compare these names to ones we use today and call them tacky. FWIW Wealthia is a far from unheard of, there is a character with the name in the novel "Canal Town" by Samuel Hopkins Adams. It's set in the 1800s as well.

I'm sorry, but naming your kid Wealthy seems tacky no matter what day and age, lol - Oo

[thetxbelle]

Fwiw I googled "Wealthy Anne" and so far have come up with 4 different people with this exact name all from the 1700 or 1800s so maybe it held some significance?

[ksheja]

These are some names from my family tree - including Wealthy.

Most of them are colonists from England who settled in Rhode Island and Connecticut. A few of the older ones are from ancestors back in England.

Ransford Ashbey (1700s)
Desire Packer (1738-1815)
Desire Rathbone (1700s)
Griswold Packer Rathbone (1800s)
Hubbard Burrows (1700s)
Waitstill Burrows (1700s)
Experience Burrows (1700s) - female
Experience Bailey (1600s) - female
Thankful Wheeler (1600s)
Paget Latham (1500s)
Carye Latham (1600s) - male
Amicia De Alfreton (1200)
Moses Draper (1600s)
Georgeous Thewles (1523) - male
Chilton Lee Latham (1500s
Zofer Williams (1700s)
Mehitable Bailey (1600s)
Wealthy Packer (1700s - not sure if this was a man or a woman).
Josephus Fitch (1800s)
Benadam Gallup (1600s)
Christobel Gallup (1600s)

[alzora]

Does Amicia rhyme with Alicia? If so, I really like that.