<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText">I've been reading a lot about Melungeons lately, and the book I'm currently reading has the theory that they might have been in some cases "conversos" or former Jewish and Muslim peoples who were given by the Catholic Church the "option" to convert or die, so some converted (but they many times had to flee the Inquisition anyway and went to Portugal, France, Holland, then maybe Scotland, and then came to America...) but they often gave their children names such as Zion and Ziona. Just an idea...<br><br>Clueless about Zantaphine...<br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;">-----Original Message-----
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<div>How about these names. Zantaphine, &
Ziona. Anyone know what Country they may come from?</div>
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<div>In a message dated 6/18/2009 10:58:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Seeing all of these interesting names has made me
realize that my family isn't the only one that had strange or intersting
names.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I have a Delight Powell; siblings St. Elmo, St.
Clair, and Zelda Powell; Speedy Powell, Elfleda Powell; Seraphine, Seraphina,
and Sophronia Powell; and of course, Haddassah Powell, a good bliblical name
from the story of Esther in the Bible. Orange Powell; Orion Alvarado Powell.
Some of these have made me wonder what or who was in the spotlight at the time
they were born. Of these names, some are from the early 1700's clear on up to
the late 1800's.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">I figured out a long time ago that even though
the name Rowland Powell shows up generation after generation it doesn't mean
that anyone with the name Rowland Powell is from my family tree. I had a great
uncle that did some research 50 years ago that had the John Wesley Powell
of Grand Canyon exploring fame as being in our family tree. According to my
research his father, place of birth and year of birth (which seem to be well
documented) makes it impossible for him to be in my tree unless we go back to
merry olde England.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ray Powell</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">I’ve
seen the name Permelia as well. A Permelia married a Hodson back in
Iowa if I remember correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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[mailto:or-roots-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Paulette<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:36 PM<br><b>To:</b>
or-roots mail list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [or-roots] intresting
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Peninah is an
unusual name. Reminds me of one in my background that seems unusual as well:
Permelia, or Pamelia as it is spelled in some census
records.</span></p></div><br></blockquote><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>or-roots
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