Toni Neobard

UK family historian almost from birth. Writes #familyhistory #genealogy books, and talks about it a lot!

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

The woman who pawned her leg (1894)! You couldn't make it up #19thC #history #twitterstorians

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

@SueWilson_235 I’m sure many of them are mis-transcriptions. It is the cross us family historians bear. They just make me smile and I thought they might make others smile too.

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Imagine going through life as Piggy Hart! #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

@MatthewHovious You are so right!

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Vegetable loving parents? Such a shame that his surname didn't begin with a 'P' as well #weirdnames #genealogy

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

@DanielGenealogy Well that must have been a bit of a blow 😉

[Daniel Loftus is working on #ProjectInfant. 🌳🔎 @danielmloftus]

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[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

I wonder what his parents had in mind when they gave him this name. It conjures up an image of a man mountain running an opium den #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Sadly he was the wrong gender to be in a girl band and about a hundred years too early, but his name was nearly right. Did his parents have aspirations for him I wonder #weirdnames

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

@SymienJennifer Sadly he died soon after birth. Given his name, I hope it was of natural causes!

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

They must have been cheery parents to give their son such a name #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Perhaps he was a whingy baby or something #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Here's an uplifting name on a dull and cold January Monday. I like to think that the parents were happy people #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

What reason on earth could you have for naming your child Jumbo? #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

I'm not sure what was going on in these parents heads when they named their child. Perhaps he had big ears or something #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Another strange one from the England & Wales Birth Indexes. I wonder whether her parents were into lizards or something #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

I hope for her sake she wasn't an introvert....
#weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

It's a shame he wasn't born on new year's day, but it seems an appropriate name for my choice today (taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes): "Resolution Taylor" September Qtr 1875 Oldham Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

I wonder what day he or she was born (taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes): "New Year West" March Qtr 1845 Ely Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Today's seasonal name from the England & Wales Birth Indexes is: "Festive Devine" September Qtr 1896 S Shields Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory

[Toni Neobard @neowreck]

Another seasonal (and not unexpected) name taken from the England & Wales Birth Indexes: "Holly Berry" March Qtr 1880 Barnstaple Reg. Dist. #weirdnames #genealogy #familyhistory