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London, 1925.

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H (1865-), 60: Edric Thomas Appleby (RowenaRavenclaw)
W (1868-), 57: Myrtle Catherine Crenshaw (cher529s)

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S (1892-), 33: Alberic Edwin "Alby" Appleby (molly)
- W (1891-), 34: Clemence Margherita Bedingfield (Princess_Shireen)
-- S (1913-), 12: Cosmo Leonardo Edric Appleby Wordsmith
-- D (1924-), 0:

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FN: chosen by Clemence - a name encountered in an old manuscript she was cataloguing. What might it be?
MN 1: honours one of her aunts.
MN 2: Italian, stately and distinguished.

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S (1895-), 30: Dunstan Thomas "Dunnie" Appleby (Darkbone)
- W (1900-), 25: Helen Theodora Bardwell (AhaRememo)
-- S (1922-), 3:

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FN: a sturdy, heavy, unwieldy, perhaps curmudgeonly name.
MN 1: a very sleek, elegant, delicate name.
MN 2: honours one of his uncles.

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D (1895-), 30: Dorothea Marigold "Dolly" Appleby (Wordsmith)
- GF (1897-), 28: Rosalind Nimianne Hasardrie (starletinwaiting)

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D (1897-), 27: Liberty Jane "Libby" Appleby (Princess_Shireen)
- BF (1893-), 32: Theodore Hamish "Teddy" MacDougall (RowenaRavenclaw)

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S (1899-), 26: Horatio John "Harry" Appleby (molly)

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S (1903-), 22: Ambrose Edwulf "Brosie" Appleby (Darkbone)
- GF (1903-), 22:

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FN: the long and unwieldy name of a Christian martyr. She goes by a nickname.
MN: after a prophetess.
LN: starts with V.

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D (1905-), 20 : Saffron Victoria "Ronnie" Appleby (Laura B.)

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Alby and Clemence's home in Oxford has become a meeting place for the local intelligentsia, who are well catered for by their hosts' witty debates and their cook's hearty meals. Their son Cosmo is fascinated by trains, and he pesters Alby for details of the trade. Clemence has recently given birth to another child, a daughter.

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Dunstan and Helen were recently married. The chapel Dunnie designed for their wedding has brought him even greater acclaim; he is considered a rising star of British interwar - sorry, I misspoke, post-war - architecture. He and Helen plan to use his new-found fame - and funds - to travel the continent, taking in its art and architecture, and to take along their little boy, who is three years old.

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Dorothea and Rosalind have been living together for five years now. They have moved out of their small, dingy flat and into a larger one more suited to their artistic ambitions, which has become something of a meeting place for like-minded young women.

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Libby's career in botany has flourished (hah!) and she has recently co-authored a paper on the propagation of rare orchids. Teddy has recently moved from Edinburgh to London - their courtship has moved from the page to the gardens of the city.

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Harry is still in Birmingham, working as a mechanical engineer, where he has taken a prominent role in the company. He often travels to Oxford to see Alby, Clemence and his beloved nephew Cosmo.

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Brosie still lives with his parents in Islington. He has been accepted to the Royal College of Art, but his paintings have become more abstract. He has recently started courting a fellow student.

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Saffron began sending her stories of journeys to fantastical lands to travel magazines, which publish her epistolary tales alongside accounts of journeys to factual places such as Constantinople or Baghdad. Her family jokingly refers to her as the female Jonathan Swift. Despite her adventures, Ronnie stays at home with her parents and Brosie.

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She often visits Dolly and Rosie, and often pops into Kew Gardens when Libby is working to say hello: especially when she sees her with Teddy. She dutifully reports these findings to Edric and Myrtle, who hope that Theodore will soon make Libby Mrs Liberty MacDougall.

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Edric and Myrtle are enjoying their golden years. They are happy to still have Ronnie and Brosie at home to keep them company. Edric has slowed down his work with the railway, although he still consults on major projects, while Myrtle tends the garden and hosts many gatherings there, luring all her children back home, whether they live in Oxford, Birmingham, or just down the road.

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masculine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124079
feminine list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/191050/124080