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Some names from a small town cemetery
Yesterday I went on a little road trip adventure and checked out the small cemetery attached to the only church in a very tiny town. Most of the names were French Canadian, from the prairie region, and there were some really interesting ones - some I've never seen or heard of before in my life, very alien. I was amazed at how unique many of the names were considering the tiny size of the cemetery. I collected them for our enjoyment!Most dated from around the 1830s to early 20th century. I guessed the gender for many of them because there were no other clues.Oxilia
Alexina
Severine
Venice
Dorilda
Marille
Oxilda
Elva
Emelda
Phelanise
Amazelie
Vally
Aime
Carmel
Elmire
Odile
Elenne
Dosithe
Valentine Lucienne
Rowena
Cleophas
Dieudonne
Aleric
Paphinus
Norels
Albie
Ulderic
Atchez
Avila
Zephirin
Arcel
Leger
Moise
Murdoch
Adelard

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Fun names! These are my favorites:Severine
Oxilda
Elva
Phelanise
Carmel (I've been really into this lately. My Italian grandmother was named Carmella but often went by Carmel.)
Elmire
Odile
Dosithe
RowenaDieudonne
Ulderic
Zephirin
Adelard
Lots of these are lovely! It’s always exciting hearing names I’ve never heard before. I like Marille, Elva, Elenne, Dosithe, Valentine Lucienne, Aleric, Zephirin and Adelard best.
I only like Carmel
Like/LoveAlexina
Severine
Dorilda
Oxilda
Elva
Phelanise
Amazelie
Carmel
Elmire
Odile
Valentine Lucienne
RowenaCleophas
Dieudonne
Aleric
Paphinus
Avila
Zephirin
Adelard
These are gorgeous! I really like Oxilia, Alexine, Severine, Amazelie, Rowena, Aleric, and Zephirin.
Like:
Alexina
Severine
Emelda (I prefer Imelda)
Carmel
Murdoch (I prefer Murdock)Neutral:
Venice
Marille
Lucienne
Aleric (I prefer Alaric)