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My great, great Uncle had the christian names Obadiah Boar. We cannot find any information on the name BOAR on any of the usual name sites, so can anyone out there please help us?
He was born in Lewes, East Sussex, England in 1868. All of his traced relatives..Mother, Father, Grandparents, Great Grandparents etc; all came from the same general area of East Sussex right back to the early 1700's.
No-one else in the family line had any extraordinary names, just him!
He was born in Lewes, East Sussex, England in 1868. All of his traced relatives..Mother, Father, Grandparents, Great Grandparents etc; all came from the same general area of East Sussex right back to the early 1700's.
No-one else in the family line had any extraordinary names, just him!
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As a middle name, this is very likely to be a use of the surname Boar rather than a direct use of the word "boar". According to A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson, Boar is an English surname, going back to the Old English word which yields the modern word "boar". It probably was originally a nickname for someone whose neighbors thought he looked like or acted like a boar.
Perhaps you should look into records from East Sussex in the 1860s to find if there were any families with the surname Boar living there when your great-great-uncle was born.
Perhaps you should look into records from East Sussex in the 1860s to find if there were any families with the surname Boar living there when your great-great-uncle was born.
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Boar christian name
Thank-you for your response to my question regarding the name Boar.
As it was a name given at birth, I would assume that it was descriptive of his features or nature!
I shall definitely try looking up the name as a surname in the area.
Thank-you for your response to my question regarding the name Boar.
As it was a name given at birth, I would assume that it was descriptive of his features or nature!
I shall definitely try looking up the name as a surname in the area.
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