I knew I had Francis Colgrave as a name passed down at least three generations as he is one of my direct ancestors. But I had to check my home database to find out some statistics for this post to see if names passed down happened in other branches of my trees. I’ve only included those with three or more names the same.
BLYTH, Edwin Tabrum – born 1888, 1937, 1961
BOXHALL, Anne – born 1810, 1840, 1959
BOYD, Frederick – born 1855, 1861, 1880
BROWN, Adam – born 1846, 1890, 1894
CHANDLER, William Charles – born 1829, 1863, 1895, 1923
COLGRAVE, Francis – born 1770, 1806, 1843, 1866, 1903, 1925
COLGRAVE, Joshua – born 1859, 1883, 1986
COLGRAVE, Louisa – born 1863, 1881, 1914
COLGRAVE, Samuel – born 1804, 1829, 1847, 1867
COLGRAVE, Thomas – born 1602, 1640, 1663, 1694
DAVEY, George – born 1865, 1898, 1902, 1930
DAVEY, Harry – born 1878, 1908, 1941, 2012
ENGLAND, Elizabeth – born 1830, 1857, 1900
ENGLAND, Mary Ann – born 1805, 1825, 1861
KILPIN, Richard – born 1724, 1790, 1831
MARU, Eliza – born 1829, 1846, 1863
SMITH, William – born 1840, 1883, 1911
SWAIN, Clement – born 1810, 1825, 1831
SWAIN, John – born 1783, 1808, 1815
Any births from about 1840 onwards will probably be in Tasmania also known as Van Diemens Land. Those prior to 1840 would be mainly in England – the COLGRAVE name in Bedfordshire, the ENGLAND name in West Yorkshire around Rotherham, the KILPIN name in Bedfordshire and the SWAIN name in Kent.
Readers: What name has been passed down in your family? Were you named after an ancestor or close relative?