List the most unique or unusual female first name you’ve come across in your family tree.
Mahala EDWARDS 1815 and Mahala Edwards BALL 1854
When I first came across the name 'Mahala' in my family tree, I was not even sure the owner was a female. I had to do quite a lot of research to find out more about it. It turns out that it is of Native American origin (although I doubt my very-static ancestors knew that!).
Once again,
in honour of National Women’s History Month,
Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist blog presents Fearless Females: 31 Blogging
Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month. I know this is really
US-centric - but that's not going to stop me honouring my own Fearless
Females...
Fascinating. I have never heard of the name before and it makes you wonder how your ancestors came to choose it.
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