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   Message 128,968 of 130,039   
   Chris Pitt Lewis to Jenny M Benson   
   Re: Talking of surnames ...   
   08 Apr 19 15:43:58   
   
   From: chris@cjpl.co.uk   
      
   On 08/04/2019 13:30, Jenny M Benson wrote:   
   > Can't help chuckling over (and feeling a bit sorry for) the chap I came   
   > across a few days ago whose name was William Dover Soley.   
      
   This is nothing compared to the Fish family in New England and New York,   
   who for at least three generations thought it appropriate to use the   
   given name "Preserved":   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preserved_Fish   
   --   
   Chris Pitt Lewis   
      
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