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caterina
10-04-2007, 07:25 PM
i am a curious person by nature and was wondering what is the commonest surname in Liverpool ?


caterina..:)
lindylou
10-04-2007, 07:29 PM
That would be interesting to know. Wonder if it's something like Jones or Smith :)
caterina
10-04-2007, 07:31 PM
Lindy lou bet it isn,t Irish either.


caterina..
SteH
10-04-2007, 08:46 PM
A random survey it would appear to be Jones, just went to 118.com and input Smith and Jones for 3 different L postcodes (L13 L16 L25) - Jones was clearly the most popular in each one
gorgeous
10-04-2007, 08:50 PM
Hiya Everyone
I havn't got a single Smith or Jones in my tree . At least it's made searching for ancestors that bit easier .

Karen
John(Zappa)
10-04-2007, 10:04 PM
i am a curious person by nature and was wondering what is the commonest surname in Liverpool ?


caterina..:)

It wouldn't suprise me if it was a Polish name.:ninja:
lindylou
10-04-2007, 11:53 PM
A random survey it would appear to be Jones, just went to 118.com and input Smith and Jones for 3 different L postcodes (L13 L16 L25) - Jones was clearly the most popular in each one

I made a good guess there :)
lindylou
10-04-2007, 11:54 PM
Hiya Everyone
I havn't got a single Smith or Jones in my tree . At least it's made searching for ancestors that bit easier .

Karen



I've got Jones on my dad's side of the family.
Norm NZ
10-05-2007, 12:09 AM
Those Jones's get everywhere!! It's hard keeping-up with them!!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_12:
jimmy
10-05-2007, 02:40 AM
:) I too have Jones on my fathers side of the family.
Max
10-05-2007, 03:25 AM
I'm surprised people In Liverpool find my surname hard to pronounce!

Isn't Molyneux supposed to be a well known Liverpool surname?

I've got Burns and Dugans In my tree but dunno any of them.
Ged
10-05-2007, 10:22 AM
There were loads of Jones' in Gerard Gardens when I lived there and 3 with the christian name George in fact. I still know a few and would have gone along with that.
Gnomie
10-05-2007, 01:21 PM
I thought Kidda , Mate or Lah would be big here :)
phredd
10-05-2007, 01:35 PM
I'm surprised people In Liverpool find my surname hard to pronounce!

Isn't Molyneux supposed to be a well known Liverpool surname?

I've got Burns and Dugans In my tree but dunno any of them.

Was'nt there a Molyneux Road off Kensington ??

Phredd
Ged
10-05-2007, 01:41 PM
There's one off Shiel Road but although a well known family of Liverpool old, I don't think there are that many Molyneux around now.

ps. According to my A-Z there are 12 Molyneux thoroughfares whether they be Ave, Clo, Ct, Dr, Rd, way etc but no street.
robbo176
10-05-2007, 06:08 PM
There were loads of Jones' in Gerard Gardens when I lived there and 3 with the christian name George in fact. I still know a few and would have gone along with that.

My Aunty's second husbands name is George Jones
chippie
10-05-2007, 06:35 PM
Max how come people find it hard to pronounce your name?

You pronounce it "Molly knew" don,t you?
chippie
10-05-2007, 06:38 PM
Mandy I,m afraid the Jones, have infiltrated our family too. When I was working in Button Street back in the 60s I had a mate called Eric Jones and in my last job in Drury Lane I had another pal called Eric Jones 25 years apart. Don,t know if they were related or not but they weren,t Welsh but broad Scouse.
robbo176
10-05-2007, 06:43 PM
my aunty's husband is known as Eric although his name is George
Ged
10-05-2007, 07:39 PM
and my bezzie mate's bro in law is Eric Jones.
caterina
10-05-2007, 07:53 PM
Wonder what the most unusual Surname is in Liverpool ?


Caterina.:)
lindylou
10-08-2007, 01:46 PM
and my bezzie mate's bro in law is Eric Jones.

not Eric Jones the accountant ??
Ged
10-08-2007, 02:05 PM
No, not him Lindylou though he probably wishes he was ;)
PhilipG
10-08-2007, 02:45 PM
No Smiths or Jones in my family tree, but there was an Elizabeth Taylor in the 1700s.
Any "famous" names in other people's families?
robbo176
10-08-2007, 02:49 PM
I've got loads of George Foremans & a Maria Callas
Ged
10-08-2007, 03:23 PM
My dad and Brother. Joe Fagan. As in the LFC manager who won the 'treble' in 84.
John(Zappa)
10-08-2007, 04:13 PM
not Eric Jones the accountant ??

And my brothers best man was Eric Jones.
:PDT10
Ged
10-08-2007, 04:15 PM
not Eric Jones the accountant??
John(Zappa)
10-08-2007, 04:16 PM
not Eric Jones the accountant??

Dunno,older than me.I will ask our kid when I see him:PDT11
Max
10-08-2007, 04:26 PM
Was'nt there a Molyneux Road off Kensington ??

Phredd

Theres one on Kenny and one In Mossley Hill by the Liverpool College.
gorgeous
10-08-2007, 08:49 PM
Max ,
I have friends John & Lynn Molyneux ,

My lot have been a nightmare to trace , my Mintons where mistranscibed as Winton , ( Still searching for the potteries link.)

Dupre, Stack . Tyack or Tyass. poss Brophy oh i've got a Woosnam .like the golfer ! The Dupre one is my g grandfather & he can't be found anywhere . so i'm completly stuck on that line .I thought it was an unusual name & it would be easy not the case ! My dads mate is a Riozzi , & they've done great tracing their tree . So it's the luck of the draw & being transcibed correctly helps ,
Karen
lindylou
10-08-2007, 10:31 PM
My dad's neighbours are called Molyneux.

he calls them 'the Mollies' :)
chippie
10-09-2007, 12:59 AM
I had black mollies when I used to have tropical fish
PhilipG
10-09-2007, 02:10 AM
Wonder what the most unusual Surname is in Liverpool ?


Caterina.:)

Yoosawai.

I know there's only one person with that name in Liverpool.
caterina
10-09-2007, 07:36 PM
Philip is that name Chinese or what ?


Caterina......
Spike
10-02-2008, 11:10 AM
I have a hughes who married a hughes so where they are hugh knows?
also Jones, Johnson.

But I have Carlos, hey hey hey Espanol :)
squiggs
10-26-2008, 10:55 AM
I have a hughes who married a hughes so where they are hugh knows?
also Jones, Johnson.

But I have Carlos, hey hey hey Espanol :)

i also have Hughes who married Hughes and Joned who married Jones !!!, my most unusal name has to be Cobain.
edwardo
10-26-2008, 11:54 AM
My Unusual name is Cottle.there was an bit in one thread on here about Cottle cafe.dont know if there is a conection.
brian daley
10-26-2008, 01:37 PM
My mothers maiden name was Hengler and I know there are a few more of them about now than when I was a kid,but it is still a bit of rare surname.If there are any Henglers out there it is odds on that we are related.
kevin
10-26-2008, 01:50 PM
I have a hughes who married a hughes so where they are hugh knows?
also Jones, Johnson.

But I have Carlos, hey hey hey Espanol :)


On a visit to Spain one year I was invited to meet the King.

Didn't bother going.

When you've met Juan Carlos you've met 'em all!
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
kevin
10-26-2008, 02:22 PM
Perhaps I've got circuses on the brain, but do Edwardo and Brian come from a long line of Ringmasters?

Wasn't there a pub up past Gregsons Well called Hengler's circus?

Also, isn't there Gerry Cottle's circus?
edwardo
10-26-2008, 05:25 PM
Kev yes there is a jerry ccottle circuse but there nothing to do with my cottles
shame realy as could do with a few bob.
brian daley
10-26-2008, 06:11 PM
Yes Kevin,Henglers was a very famous circus and it stood where the Hippodrome was. In fact it was a horse circus and it was thought that my family was connected to it .If you read the very early chapters of my story on Hullo Old Home you will read the details. Apparently the Tivoli theater chain was also owned by the Hengler family,this included the London Palladium.
wallasey
10-26-2008, 09:52 PM
My Grandmother's maiden name was Ardran...allegedly a old Liverpool name, its certainly quirky! She married a Sheffielder, so I have the surname of Oakes...not a local name! Oh well!
taffy
10-26-2008, 11:57 PM
My Grandmother's maiden name was Ardran...allegedly a old Liverpool name, its certainly quirky! She married a Sheffielder, so I have the surname of Oakes...not a local name! Oh well!

There were 26 people in the 1901 England census with the surname Ardran. Virtually all were born in the Liverpool area. So yes its a rare name and largely associated at that time with Liverpool. Should be fun tracing your family tree with the Ardran surname
bluesareus
08-20-2009, 12:35 PM
My grandparents names where Cliffe, Jones, Windsor and Allmark
Ronijayne
08-20-2009, 04:28 PM
Yoosawai.

I know there's only one person with that name in Liverpool.

I had an aunt who's married name was Moscrop, when I was growing up it was the only one in the phonebook or that they could find in Liverpool
Ronijayne
08-20-2009, 04:30 PM
I have a hughes who married a hughes so where they are hugh knows?
also Jones, Johnson.

But I have Carlos, hey hey hey Espanol :)

I have Hughes, Jones and Josnson too although I believe it was Johnston!

My grandparents were, Hughes, Gilroy, Heron and Cook
Norm NZ
08-21-2009, 12:30 AM
I have Hughes, Jones and Josnson too although I believe it was Johnston!

My grandparents were, Hughes, Gilroy, Heron and Cook

I too, married a Hughes, and in my wifes family a Hughes married a Jones, all came from Wales! Warning!! don't try to trace Welsh ancestry, It will drive you CRACY!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_12::shock::unibrow:
pablo42
08-21-2009, 01:31 AM
My Grandmother's maiden name was Ardran...allegedly a old Liverpool name, its certainly quirky! She married a Sheffielder, so I have the surname of Oakes...not a local name! Oh well!

Never heard of that name before. Where does it come from? Most names have a good reason to be, what's that one
pablo42
08-21-2009, 01:36 AM
my aunty's husband is known as Eric although his name is George

Why is that? How does it work that they were christened with one name and ended up being called summat else. I woulda thought that your first seven years would determine your name. Weird.
Blue70
09-02-2009, 07:26 PM
I've got a Jones in my family tree and a Kelly from the Isle Of Man. Kelly is supposed to be one of the most common Manx names.

Col
George
09-02-2009, 07:54 PM
Smith is the most common surname in the world....
United States - 2,501,922 - 1.006% of the population
Lebanon - Haddad (Meaning Blacksmith or 'Smith') - 3.42%
United Kingdom - Smith (0.94%)
Scotland - Smith

I'm unique my surname is one of the least common...me sits down with little finger poised away from the cup.
squiggs
09-07-2009, 11:15 AM
I too, married a Hughes, and in my wifes family a Hughes married a Jones, all came from Wales! Warning!! don't try to trace Welsh ancestry, It will drive you CRACY!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_12::shock::unibrow:

I have recently been on a "family hunt" in Llanfyllin Wales, searching for my Jones roots !, I hope to soon go to Anglesey to look for my Hughes connections, looking for Jones and Hughes in Wales "should be easy shouldnt it" :PDT_Aliboronz_24::hug::handclap:
Ronijayne
09-07-2009, 04:26 PM
I have recently been on a "family hunt" in Llanfyllin Wales, searching for my Jones roots !, I hope to soon go to Anglesey to look for my Hughes connections, looking for Jones and Hughes in Wales "should be easy shouldnt it" :PDT_Aliboronz_24::hug::handclap:

Yeah right!! My Grandmother nee Hughes was Welsh or her parents were!
Ronijayne
09-07-2009, 04:37 PM
I have recently been on a "family hunt" in Llanfyllin Wales, searching for my Jones roots !, I hope to soon go to Anglesey to look for my Hughes connections, looking for Jones and Hughes in Wales "should be easy shouldnt it" :PDT_Aliboronz_24::hug::handclap:

Yeah right!! My Grandmother nee Hughes was Welsh or her parents were!
squiggs
09-07-2009, 04:54 PM
Yeah right!! My Grandmother nee Hughes was Welsh or her parents were!
Ooooh we could be related ! :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Norm NZ
09-07-2009, 11:31 PM
I have recently been on a "family hunt" in Llanfyllin Wales, searching for my Jones roots !, I hope to soon go to Anglesey to look for my Hughes connections, looking for Jones and Hughes in Wales "should be easy shouldnt it" :PDT_Aliboronz_24::hug::handclap:

"I don't envy you your task, Squiggs!":PDT_Aliboronz_11: Let me know how you get on!! Cheers:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
taffy
09-07-2009, 11:42 PM
I have recently been on a "family hunt" in Llanfyllin Wales, searching for my Jones roots !, I hope to soon go to Anglesey to look for my Hughes connections, looking for Jones and Hughes in Wales "should be easy shouldnt it" :PDT_Aliboronz_24::hug::handclap:

A Llanfyllin Jones family lived in Admiral Street, Toxteth around the turn of the 20th C. Any connections?
Ronijayne
09-08-2009, 12:39 AM
A Llanfyllin Jones family lived in Admiral Street, Toxteth around the turn of the 20th C. Any connections?

Why is it called Toxteth now? Admiral Street is Dingle. Walked up that street every day!
Ronijayne
09-08-2009, 12:40 AM
Ooooh we could be related ! :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

My Grandmother married a Gilroy.

:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
taffy
09-10-2009, 10:22 AM
Why is it called Toxteth now? Admiral Street is Dingle. Walked up that street every day!

Agreed, Admiral street was on the Dingle ward boundary with Prince's Park. The term Toxteth has come more into use these days largely since the 1981 riots. Technically the Dingle and Princes Park are both part of Toxteth anyway. Of course a Dingle is just a small wooded valley which would not apply to the area now called Dingle.

These days the City Council with their district signs have tried to delineate the Dingle/ Toxteth boundary as Park Rd. In historical terms, Toxteth went from Parliament Street to Otterspool Park. Hope this helps
squiggs
09-23-2009, 01:56 AM
A Llanfyllin Jones family lived in Admiral Street, Toxteth around the turn of the 20th C. Any connections?

Hi Taffy !, yes my Jones family lived at 12 Admiral Place in 1891 !, moved to on to Aberdeen Street in 1901.
Wierd thing they lived at 32 Greta Street about 1903ish 50 odd years later my Mum and Dad moved in to number 34 !!...
underworld
09-23-2009, 08:58 AM
And Ringo lived in Admiral Grove.

Hey, I'm looking for Eric Jones. He ursed to sell restored pens at the antique fair in St Georges Hall.