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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>You might want to check the family tree for a sir
name of Squire. Often the strange first names were a maiden name from somewhere
in the family.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Barb</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=opera_70@yahoo.com href="mailto:opera_70@yahoo.com">Leslie
Chapman</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Tosca@prodigy.net
href="mailto:Tosca@prodigy.net">Bonnie B. Combs</A> ; <A
title=or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [or-roots] Why the given name
squire</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>I think the "delusions of grandeur"
answer is probably closest; I don't know exactly what got into our
ancestors with regards to given name, perhaps in response
to the confusion of twenty generations of "John son of John
son of John" they decided to be original in
a fairly outrageous way.
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<DIV>In today's world Manlove is kind of an unfortunate choice
but I have a family in my file where that was one of the better ones,
Patience was another one that works for me, but most of the family must
have cringed every time they were asked for their given name.</DIV>
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<DIV>I was attempting to find the file and seem to have locked up FTM so
am going to post this without the listing of names I found offensive,
but I am sure most of you who have traced any line back to the 17th
century know the types of names I mean.</DIV>
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<DIV>Les C</DIV>
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<DIV>PS Wiki and other online info sites don't address the issue of
Squire used as a given name at all, 20,001 baby names only refers to the
age of chivalry meaning and it's metamorphosis into
aide-de-campe. My dictionary doesn't even list
it.</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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