LIST 3 - BIRTHS - CHILDS NAME ORDER
This third reference list, titled "Births of the First Generation - Child's Name Order" lists births for children born in the colony
from 1788 until 1800 as well as childhood arrivals for the same period
of time.
For a full description of the information presented for each child
refer to List 1.
The list is ordered firstly alphabetically on the Christian names of
the child, then secondly chronologically on the date of birth of the
child, then thirdly on the family name of the father if two or more
children should be born on the same date. This list is particularly
useful in helping to identify a child were the Christian name is
known but where the family name is uncertain or if it is not known if the surname is either the married name or the maiden name of
the mother or the surname of a stepfather. This listing has been
most useful in sorting out the true identity of several children
found in the various source documents that form the basis of this
work.
Being both an English and a Christian colony the names given to the
children are of no real surprise, at least not to those of a similar English/Christian background. The five most common names for boys and girls are listed in the table below.
Table 3.1 - Five Most Popular NamesMale Female
---------------------------------John 169 Mary 223
William 151 Elizabeth 191
James 109 Ann 113
Thomas 96 Sarah 110
George 60 Jane 40
It would appear the children were either given a very common name or
a rare one. Of the boys; 585 (or 61%) had one of the five most common boys names and of the girls; even more markedly, 677 (or 66%) had
one of the five most common girls names. On the other hand 68
children had a relatively rare name. Table 3.2. below lists the
names which appeared just once - 36 such 'one off' names for boys
and 33 such 'one off' names for girls.
Table 3.2. - One Off NamesMale Female
------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------Abraham Hamilton Norfolk Alice Euphemia Penelope
Angus Humphrey Obediah Alicia Faith Phillis
Anthony Ian Paul Amee Georgiana Priscilla
Bartholomew Jacob Ralph Bertha Jean Prudence
Bernard Jeffery Roger Caroline Jennifer Rhoda
Constantine Johnson Seth Deborah Judy Rosanna
D'Arcy Jonathan Sydney Dorcas Letitia Shepherdess
Emmanuel Josephus Terence Dorothy Lilias Suzanne
Eugene Kennedy Theophilus Emily Lucinda Teresa
Fane Lawrence Timothy Emmeline Milbah Utricia
Frederick Leonard Walter Eunice Olivia Vienne
Gabriel Maurice Zachariah
Of those children who were given two Christian names, for boys the
most common couplet was William James and for girls Mary Ann.
John Matthew Hunter Baxter, James Thomas John Bean, George Simon William Robley, James George Evan Thorn all had three Christian names,
Elizabeth A E Johnson had one Christian name and two initials.
This list contains 1,963 names. It does NOT contain the births of 15
children whose Christian names are unknown. This mainly occurs with
children born overseas, where the child's presence is recorded
on the shipping list but not their actual name.
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