<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>A member of my DAR chapter has a Patriot with the first name of Strangeman--from Virginia. That's the only time I'd heard of it.<br></span></div><font color="#ff0000"><i><strong><font size="2"></font></strong></i></font><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dale Harguess <daleharguess4@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> or-roots mail list <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 24, 2013 1:50 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [or-roots] Darned Census Holiday Greeting<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5879749353"><div dir="ltr">the name that I keep seeing in my Quaker ancestors is, "Strangeman" I can't help but wonder where that name came from and why it was so popular to name a baby that? This is a given name, not a surname.<div>
Dale in la la land (aka California)</div></div><div class="yiv5879749353gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="yiv5879749353gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Dan M <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mygen2@d-matney.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:mygen2@d-matney.com">mygen2@d-matney.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv5879749353gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I have a relation named ( Thankfull ) I wonder what life was like having that to go around with?<br>
Almost bad as Middlesex!<br>
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I am not advocating for this newsletter necessarily (although I do find it interesting), but it came today just in the midst of the "Darned Census" discussion.<br>
Merry Christmas to everyone - and happy census hunting.<br>
Linda VanOrden<br>
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The Ancestry Insider: Darned Census Holiday Greeting<br>
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Darned Census Holiday Greeting<br>
Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST<br></div><div><div class="yiv5879749353h5">
We depend upon records to reveal the “truth” about our pasts.<br>
Yet sometimes records have anomalies.<br>
Some are amusing or humorous.<br>
Some are interesting or weird.<br>
Some are peculiar or suspicious.<br>
Some are infuriating, even downright laughable.<br>
Yes, “Records Say the Darnedest Things.”<br>
Records Say the Darnedest Things: Census Holiday Greeting<br>
Just in time for the holidays a coworker pointed out to me a household in New York City (36-38 West 123rd Street) where, among other inhabitants, lived<br>
Faithful Sarah<br>
Wrestling Jacob<br>
Rebecca Love<br>
Promised Land Goal<br>
Victory O’Isreal [sic]<br>
Patriarch Job<br>
Merry Heart David<br>
St. Luke<br>
Virgin Mary<br>
Sweet Childs<br>
Holy Lamb<br>
Heavenly Love<br>
Eternal Light<br>
Evening Star<br>
Bright Light<br>
Angel Light<br>
Happy Angel<br>
Rejoice Evermore<br>
Living Peace<br>
Wonderful Peace<br>
Charity Joy<br>
Simon Peter<br>
Mary Magdalene<br>
Martha Kindness<br>
Matthew Resurrection<br>
Victorious Souls<br>
Beautiful Rest<br>
And lastly, my wish to you: “Merry Love” and “Peace Joy.”<br>
Thank you, Thomas, for sharing.<br>
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Source: "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27840-3031-56">https://familysearch.org/pal:<u></u>/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-27840-3031-56</a> : accessed 21 Dec 2013), New York > New York > New York City, Manhattan, Assembly District 19 > [Enumeration District] 31-1707B…, Images 33-7 of 38; household 338, sheets 81A-83A, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 2665.<br>
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