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Help[Games] The Orris Family
in reply to a message by spacealien
SN: Orris
DH: Farewell William (Was Farewell a name actually given to children who died in infancy or to healthy children as well?)
DW: Abilene Delivery Truth [Ferbourne]
DD: Given Tabitha
DS: Constant Elijah
DD/DS: Temperance Anna / Sincere Micah
DD: Providence Keziah
DS: Remember James
DD: Mercy Susannah
DH: Farewell William (Was Farewell a name actually given to children who died in infancy or to healthy children as well?)
DW: Abilene Delivery Truth [Ferbourne]
DD: Given Tabitha
DS: Constant Elijah
DD/DS: Temperance Anna / Sincere Micah
DD: Providence Keziah
DS: Remember James
DD: Mercy Susannah
This message was edited 9/20/2015, 6:47 PM
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Fare-well was a superstition name. It really meant "fare-well" as in "do well", and was often given by mothers who had had troubles with previous childbirths. Another name like this was "Joye-in-Sorrow", given to a little girl born after a difficult pregnancy.
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Can't believe that never occurred to me.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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