tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post1071983938890149846..comments2024-03-19T10:03:04.961-04:00Comments on Tangled Roots and Trees: 52 Ancestors #9: Riddell ConundrumSchalene Dagutishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-64390770321875048372014-03-03T06:24:27.670-05:002014-03-03T06:24:27.670-05:00Sarah, right you are. It wasn't until I wrote...Sarah, right you are. It wasn't until I wrote this post, and read it again several weeks later (I write ahead frequently), that I realized I had developed a bad case of tunnel vision. I went back and found a birth registration for another son, who was named Robert the next year -- just as you discovered. I went looking for famous Oswald Dykes and found James Oswald Dykes (1835-1912), a Scottish clergyman and educator. The problem with that theory, though, is Dykes wasn't ordained until 1859 and served in Edinburgh. So I'm not sure how Martha would have been familiar with him in 1859 when Robert/Oswald was born.Schalene Dagutishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10155315167291741937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6562639907997889606.post-79148619475892747852014-03-02T18:17:44.968-05:002014-03-02T18:17:44.968-05:00My vote is two of them - Oswald Dykes (b. 05 April...My vote is two of them - Oswald Dykes (b. 05 April 1859) and Robert (b. 5 August 1861). Found them both on familysearch.org.<br /><br />I have another example in the Semple family tree where the child's birth name was Henry Hunter, but renamed to Robert Thomson Martin Hunter a month after birth. Couldn't work out where the name came from, since it didn't tie in with any known family names. Finally worked out that the name of the minister in the parish at the time was Robert Thomson Martin, so am guessing that the boy was renamed after the minister. The next son that the parents had was subsequently named Henry.<br /><br />I have since found a further example where a child was named after the Minister, so maybe it was not so uncommon in 19th century Scotland. Could be the source of Oswald Dykes??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904792832936317550noreply@blogger.com