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in reply to a message by Chrisell
A quick scan of the SSA tally for the top 1000 male names in 1880 includes Elizabeth, Katherine, Rose, Daisy, Shirley, Emma, Clara and Edith. I can easily picture a guy named Hazel in such company. Or Zelpha, for that matter.
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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Those are mis-codings, not genuine names
Those names are not the names of actual people, but the names of people whose forms were incorrectly marked 'male' when they should have been marked 'female' (and vice versa for the girls named Matthew, William etc). The SSA website where that data comes from has a disclaimer to that effect: they have just transcribed the data, they haven't attempted to sort it. That's why there's non-names such as Baby, Male and Female in those lists as well.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Those names are not the names of actual people, but the names of people whose forms were incorrectly marked 'male' when they should have been marked 'female' (and vice versa for the girls named Matthew, William etc). The SSA website where that data comes from has a disclaimer to that effect: they have just transcribed the data, they haven't attempted to sort it. That's why there's non-names such as Baby, Male and Female in those lists as well.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 4/3/2006, 7:55 AM
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Ah, thanks for that
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~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
nt
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
1