Top Ten Unhappily Named Americans of 1880
 

Granted, I am an admitted genealogical geek; therefore, I receive some pretty strange articles & emails. But I thought y'all would enjoy this list, culled by the editors of The Gealogue:

Top Ten Unhappily Named Americans of 1880

10. Lousy Price of Hendersonville, North Carolina.

9. Pig Ballad of Bossier, Louisiana.

8. Fannie Cheeks of Carolina Mills, North Carolina.

7. Plenty Payne of Harrison, Arkansas.

6. Pussy Slaughter of Hampton, Virginia.

5. Large Hunsucker of Morehouse County, Louisiana.

4. Girly Craps of Gilbert Hollow, South Carolina.

3. Gay Wimp of Dallas, Illinois.

2. Sucky Gross of Madison County, Mississippi.

1. Lick Yu of San Francisco, California.

Suddenly, my name doesn't seem so bad... :eek:

OMG @ some of those names. LOL and :eek:

...And they say genealogy is boring!

Please post more:)

Ophelia Butts

(friend of the grandmother of a colleague)

Phil McCrakkin.

-Rudey
--Rob's dad

I wonder what the ethnicities of these people were.

i was watching jay leno and he was doing funny headlines, there was a person whose name was

phat ho

LMAO!!!!!!!! :D

thanks for posting these, made my morning great

If I remember correctly, the original ones I listed were from Colorado, in 1880. I imagine #1 was working on the railroad?

In all honesty, I went to school with a Pete Moss, and my mother went to school with a Rose Bush!

"Hello, Career Finders, this is Greg - how can I help you?"
"My name's T-nut, T-dogg, nutdogg, Penitentiary TnutKillerT"

What's your area of interest
I pump crack
You fill cracks?
nah, I pump 'em
whoa, I think we got too personal or somethin
So, you're living an alternative lifestyle?
Nah, I sell crack in little vials
Hm, I think I've got the perfect job for you:
Go home, raise your kids, stay the fuck out of the booth . . .
--the Perceptionists, "Career Finders"