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For fun - school admissions list central London, children born c.1890

29 replies

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 22/08/2024 13:28

I've been doing my family tree and came across a school admissions list for a relative born in 1890. It gives a parent name too (mostly dads), so born circa 20 - 30 years earlier, which were pretty much the same but with more Johns and Richards. The only name I can see which really wouldn't fit today is Herbert! Also there isn't an Eve, Eva or Evie.
There were multiple dch called William, Alice, Louisa, Henry, Dorothy, Richard, Florence, Emily, Elizabeth, Alfred, Rose. Here are the others (one of each):

Ivy
Thomas
Sidney
Annie
Susan
Violet
Charles
Charlotte
Maggie
Fred
Eliza
Laura
Ellen
Daisy
Laurence
Grace
John
Robert
Ned
Herbert
Caroline
Maud
Pearl
James
Ada
Lily
Benjamin
Joseph
Harold
Sophia
Minnie
Harry
Agnes
Frederick
Matilda
Frances
Edward
Jane
Jessie
Clara
Catherine
Albert
Alexander
Walter
Sarah
Madeleine
Rhoda
Helena
Celia
Amelia
Leonard
Harriet
George
Ethel
Esther
Joseph

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Thecatatnight · 22/08/2024 14:40

What a lovely list of names, could be used for inspiration. Thanks so much for posting OP.

shoopshoopdedoo · 22/08/2024 14:36

So many lovely names!

CornflakesOnTheSolesOfHerShoes · 22/08/2024 14:06

Oh fascinating! My name, all my siblings, both my parents, my aunt and uncle, daughter, sister-in-law and both nephews are on that list. Classics, all of them…

Nicebloomers · 22/08/2024 13:37

Rhoda hasn’t been picked up in the crop of vintage names. Neither has Herbert!

Susan seems much more modern (as in 1950’s).

Esther is lovely.