The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-13

are SO Abbotts, and Abbots; 377 Clarks and
n Clarkes; 1888 Cooks, and 36 Cookies; Il
Dales, % Daileys, 30 Dailys, % Daleys, and,
amounting to all the others put together, lOI
DAYS. To the 500 Kellys should be added
122 Kelleys; and TO the 327 Myerses, 10l
Meyers, 60 Meyerses, and lS Myers-making
a total of 515.
The 1855 members of the Riley family are
kindred to 90 Reillys, l9 Reilleysl and IA
Reilys, giving total OF zSe. Inc zlo ohy
ders have German cousins to the number OF
60 who smell the name Schneider. The Wolf
family Of lis members is similarly enlarged
10 2Of nv those who add a final "e, 'f and
otber letters and syllables, the Wolfers-
bergers carrying this principle to the greatest
extreme.
all supposed to be direct lineal descendants of
that John Rogers who was burned at the stake
in Smithield some centuries ago, and lS still
hold his memory in reverence by adopting his
Christian name of john There are also 3
Ropersons, who are evidently of similar an
oestry. as we'll as one Rodger and Y Rodgerses,
who are debarred this high privilege by the
supertluous sd"
WILLIAM, JOHN, AND GEORGE
are among the most popular Christian names
William, because there must be at least one
by that name in every household; John, be-
cause IL is Jn6 uTbJ name OF Jn0 llluSJflOub
John Smith, spoken of above; and George, be-
cause by that title the "Father of his Country
was known.
William is the most popular of the three as
a Christian name, and has likewise given a
surname to the 5S6 members of the Williams
family, of whom 39 are easily distinguished
from each other by the double expletive of
William Williams. To avoid this painful
ALTERATION John is the most popular Chris
of 62 members with that title The family is
further increased to grand total of 694 by
108 Williamsons, 13 of whom call themselves
William Williamson. II likewise enjoys many
colOred connections, there being % by the
name of Williams, but only by the name of
Williamson.
Prominent among those who have William
for their Christian name is the celebrated
gentleman who was 'struck" a long time
since in such violent and unprovoked fashion
that the whole civilized world has since made
inquiry into the matter. But should ''the
man who struck Billy Patterson ever be dis
covered the affair would still be surrounded
with difficulties, as there are no less than
q different and distinct persons answering
to that name in the city of Philadelphia
alone.
Surprising in ubiquity the unfortunate
William Patterson is the equally fortunate
with the young girls of Scotland and other
countries. When a romantic maiden lifts up
her voice to sing 'John Anderson, my 10,
JOHN" she finds 43 respondents in this
locality.
The family of Adams is also as well sup
piled with Johns as it was in the earlier days
of the republic. The elder President of that
name is reproduced by 38 John Adamses, and
the younger by John Quincy Adamses, 4 of
ho OF p,,4I IL, 80,
countered most frequently among the mem
bers of the Ross family, l9 of the 81 indivi-
duals belonging to which-being more than 20
per cent.-are distinguished from the world
and from each other by the title of John Ross.
As notable instance Of the popularity of
George as Christian name, we may mention
that there are but 8 Washingtons in the city,
Z of whom are called George. OF the latter,
are colored.
There are few families, however, in which
the supremacy of William and John is dis
puted The Sullivans are among these, and
although they muster only lab all told, of
them have the Scriptural name of jeremiah.
The 135 members of the Ryan family have
also joined the opposition, l3 of them answer
ing to the name of Michael. 1t might be sup
posed that the Thomases would be found in
the same category, with Thomas for preva-
lent Christian name; but this is not the case.
Out of a total of 427, there are but Thomas
Thomases, while as many as 81 pass by the
name of William Thomas.
SOME CURIOUS AND FANTASTIC sURNAMEs.
Among thousands of odd names, we stumble
across So persons who are Stout, "A who are
Swift, 26 who are Slack, 5 who are Sweet, 26
who are Short, and who are Shott-with a
double "t." One person only is satisfied with
Salt but there are 10 Salters, 3 Salterses, l
Saltsgiver, and Salthouses, There are 10
who are given to Slaughter, and 80 who are
Savage nile II do not fancy the latter version,
| but use the spelling Savidge. There are 80
who Rush, one who is Rusher, and one a
Rushman. There is also a Snake, a Snagg, 2
Snares, and Tease; Stages, Stag
gers, and 5 Stagers. There are who
| Pickup Plums and Thistles; 8 who have
! Pluck, and II who are gifted with Fury.
! There are who Trott, and 10 who are
Trotters; 3 who are Weak, and who are
| Weakley; 13 who are named after the Moon,
and 92 who are said to be Mooney; 3 who are
mere Fellows, and l who is guilty of Felloney.
There is l People and "a Peoples; and 70
! Funks, of whom not one is named Peter. The
abbreviation Sam satisfies two, and one is
content with simple Tom. The Objectionable
title of Roach is borne by 33, to whom are
allied 10 others who have sought to remedy
the objection by spelling their names Roache,
ROatch, and Roats. And, finally one person
passes by the curious name of Schiintzel, and
another by that of SpOntOwicz.
TRADES BY WAY OF sURNAMEs.
When families began to assume surnames,
we are assured that they usually took those
which distinguished their occupation or call
ing. If this be so, the greater portion of the
descendants of those so named have deserted