Re: mulch NOW Names

>  If my parents had truly followed the custom my name would have
> been Zemuly Isabel.
So, who was Ruth?
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Zemuly@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] mulch NOW Names


> In a message dated 5/12/2004 9:58:02 PM Central Standard Time,
> tchessie@comcast.net writes:
> Where does your name come from?
> For many generations in my father's family the first daughter was given
the
> name of both her paternal and maternal grandmothers.  I have pictures of
> several of the Zemulys in my family, the oldest being of my great great
great
> grandmother, Zemuly Coates McClesky.  It was sometimes spelled "Zemily."
I don't
> know its origin, but I have proof going back to the eighteenth century.
> Unfortunately, girls didn't count for much in family wills or other
records before
> that time.  There is even a community, named for an ancestor, in
Mississippi
> with that name.  If my parents had truly followed the custom my name would
have
> been Zemuly Isabel.
>
> zem
>
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