The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-15
IN THE NEW DIRECTORY.
STRANGE NAMES THAT APPkAR IN
THE CITY'S YEARBOOK.

saui,ed. an far rs Names Goa Good
%Frank-nsteln Can Be Constructed out "l
Scattered Parts-Intsrsstinx Deductions
Every year, IA time rolls By. a new editor
Of the New York Directory appears in the
eursmer, and tho size OF the volume swell'
with every issue. Fifty years ago II was ar
octave volume only Nh inch and q hall thick
now Il Is a cumbersome book Of four inches.
To the student OF nomenclature and ethnology
Il Ii q work OF considerable interest. ana WIZ
repay a careful Investigation.
The ornitlology of the book. compared with
the huge directory OF London, Is limited Bu'
we have 60 Birds. without any detinit distinc-
ton, Q Sparrows, 70 Robins. II Hawks, 10 Eagles,
8 Wrens. 8 Ravens. 3 Falcons. 8 Kytes. ! Kite
8 Nightingales and q Partridges. And there
Il a distinct trace Of the partridge In the Par
trick Of which there IL only In the directory.
which IL said 10 DO tho origin OF the Enslsi
surname Patrick, OF whom we have Il. TINS
English surname must be- distinguished from
tho Irish Christian name. which is undoubtedly
taken from the distinguished founder OF the
Irish Church, 81. Patrick. There is not a single
Blackblrd In New York. But there are two In
Boston. and while the London Directory has
Q number OF Bullfnches. none OF the family
seem to have crossed the Atlantic. The 2
Ruddicks, and the 4 Ruddocks are but q repro
duction OF the old robin red breast or "ruddock"
a. hs is termed In the book known as the Assem-
bly, Of Birds" Let US hope that the s Doves.
and tho / Dewey Of this city are still emblematio
instances of constancy OF love and affection.
The ichthyology of the directory Is OF Interest.
for Il shows that a nsh can not only cross tho
briny ocean. but live out Of water for genera
tions. For We have at least % ordinary Fish.
% Fisks. and 30 Fiskss. descendants probably
Of John 10 Flsch and william Fiske of the thir-
teenth century, a name which is unQuestionably
scorruption Of Fish. We have also 4Sturseons.
. Goldfish. and one variety OF Smelt, with 50
Salmon, not one Of whom Is q fshmonger. and
Z Turtles.
Nor Is the study OF the New York fauna Of
less interest. We have not a single beast. but
there are as many as IS Bests. which according
10 students Of nomenclature. Is but u contraction
OF the original Beast. as found In the person
OF Sir Richard le Best OF th thirteenth century.
There are Volts and Bulls in abundance. and
3 ELEPHANTS. or elephants. The coney OF the
Bible Is but the rabbit Of modern times. and
We have l Coney. a gentleman OF the legal pro-
fession. and 2 Conveys. We have only IL Bears
and 10 Stays. The solitary Pointer, who 10 a
photographer OF this city. might reasonably
cIaim a place among the fauna Of the directory.
hut the best authorities on the subject trace
the Pointers, and Poynters OF England to those
who manufactured the tagged lace which
fastened the hose and doublet together. There
Is not a single Horse. but tLers arc seven IN
dlvlduals who. are olassed as Horsey
AID there are 3 Hor smans.
IL may be OF interest to observe that the
huge volume has 5 Legs. 20 little legs,
or Leggetts, 8 stumps, : Arms. 81 Hands. and
nearly SO Feet, tabulated under Foot, and
Foote. There is not a single Hair. but there
are 0 aaires and 3 Balds, with probably 300
Baldwins. New York cannot boast OF a single
Shirt, although It is a very conn on name in
AZ pairs OF Stockings.
The moral or ethical aspect OF the directory
is TO- some extent satisfactory. We have .
Humble men Of heart, IS Goodmans. 10 Meeks.
q Sages. and a considerable number Of Gooces,
Friends and Sweets In all ages the Path"
has been used to indicate religious aspirations.
but we have only | Path in New York.
Rising to q higher contemplation OF things.
It is gratifying to discover that while we hive
not a God IN the whole directory we have o
Godsons. 2 Godkins, and 4 Godleys. and Angels
and Angels abound. There are IS In all ana
OF them are gentlemen OF the legal profession.
There are rs Christians. And 1t IS a good old
counterbalanced by the presence OF 20 Turks,
ono OF whom has so departed from the original
principles Of the Turkish faith that he sells
IR,a H., Io There ,,s are 3 IL De Sie,i, ct or Deve,lcs;
OF tho existence of the deity in our New York
nomenclature, we find 1t IN our OsbOrns anu
Osbornes.. in tie Saxon Os. which is a root
word implying the presence OF the deity, as
well as IN the Osmonds and Oswalds. And we
mi the Thor, the jupiter Tonans OF the Norse-
men IL our Thurstons. Thurlows. Thorntons
0enealogists have observed a notable weak
ness In tie American people In that they are
somewhat. hasty, II not precipitous, In claiming
a noble II not a royal ancestry. But in the
Wbnla rnmnAH9 of the great volume Ia tn ha
found only one Guelpha, and We have nothing
70 indicate that he Is in any way descended
vaded Bavaria in tie NTH century, and are
progenitors Of the good old Queen Of England.
But We are simply deluged with the descendnn ts
Of the ANCIENT Irish kings, as the O'Bricns
O'Brians, O'Bryans. and the OConnors may DO
counted by tine hundreds, and many Of them
are. found occupying, almost regal positions
both political and judicial in this great demo-
cratic city, a proof that the American Is always
ready to be ruled by a kingly race. when he
halls from sweet Erin, In the d rectory OF
1890 there we're only 7 o'Briens and O'Connors.
noteworthy. In the first directory. Of 1853
there 10 only one. single Levy, namely Ray
man Levy. a merchant in Duke street. and not
Levys, Lewis and Cohens can be numbered
by the hundreds. At q rough calculation they
are nearly 5000. -.
equally rapid growth. We have at least ESQ
Koohs in the present volume, but there we're
mono In l799 and only % in 1850, There are
now upward OF 90 Roehlers. but a hundred
years ago there were only 2. one a baker in thu
Bowery and another O shoemaker in Hester
nearly one hundred. arc Of an old German
American stock. Their ancestor, Joseph Lud-
wig. was born In Germany In. 1903. and came
70 America with his wife and family In 1859
and settled 10 Maine. OF the Blreckers. who
have given O name to one OF our PRINCIPAL
t~h0rOughfares, there are only IN. while there
were at least half a dozen 10 1855. Nor have
thu Crugcrs increased with raridity during
the century. There are only II OF them in the
seconded from John Cruger. the Dutchman
who came from Germany. who was a successful
slave dealer and merchant. and was Mayor OF
New York 10 1851.
The Tiffanys are a good old English stock
who derived their name from ~ThrOphania or
Epiphany, which was a popular name In Eng
land In the thirteenth century. But there
are only 10 Of them In the u directory. There
y an old English doggerel which shows their
william OF Conigsby
Came out OF Brittany
With his wife TIFFANY
The Cushmans, OF whom there are A., are Of
4 good American stock. for they are descended
from that grand old colonist. Robert Cushman,
who organized the expedition In the May
flower. Fifty years ago there We're only 8
Cushmans in the New York Directory. In
writing Of the MayfQwer one is reminded
IN our directory. We have IS Carvers whose
distinguished ancestor was the Governor Of
the Plymouth Colony and a personal FRIEND
OF Robert Clshmnn. The 81 Phelps arc proba-
bly, descendants Of William Phelps OF Tewkes-
bury. England. who came to- this country In