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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann
Shirley was originally a surname (that's a last name or family name) and it was not unusual for the eldest son to be given the surname of the mother. In my family tree are some gents named Fountain Beauchamp (mum's family had been originally Fontaine, French Huguenots) and Marcy Beauchamp...
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Oddly enough, a friend and I have been trying for days to remember the last name of a woman we knew in San Diego decades ago. I knew it was kind of French, but couldn't come up with it. It finally came to my friend in a flash this morning--Beauchamp!
--Dunbar
NTAMM is certainly glad he waited for my post before leaving this world.