The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67769   Message #1135741
Posted By: Joybell
13-Mar-04 - 05:32 PM
Thread Name: BS: What's in your name?
Subject: RE: BS: What's in your name?
My grandmother's family name was Bolitho = Cornish for "big belly". I had another ancestor with the name Fulton which comes from "Fowl Town" or simply a place where chickens are kept. She came from Peckham which is to be expected. Joy whose-given-name-has-no-hidden-meaning.