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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	♥~Muffy! ~♥	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:08
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	Just found this name in my tree.... embarassed to ask but is it male or female? lol. Never heard of it xx
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 27,883 Send Message	DIZZI	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:11
	I SEE WHAT YIU MEAN LOL
	Researching: FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735
Member Since: December 2005 Posts: 14,723 Send Message	Kay????	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:13
	Relative of ,,,,E-bah gum..by any chance,,?ha ha,,,,,,,,,,sounds a man-ish sort of name,,,
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,705 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:14
	Or a posh E-Bay lol
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	♥~Muffy! ~♥	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:14
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	LOL Kay , Dizzi. and Maggie Tis an odd one for sure. xx
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:16
	If you can find it on a census that should tell you by which column the age is in lol.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:16
	Or Emma with a cold? lol
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:18
	Looks like it's female from the two entries on the 1901 census
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 791 Send Message	LancsLass	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:19
	Had a quick google! Could be a high german word for 'Ivy'? Whatever that means
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	♥~Muffy! ~♥	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:21
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	Ebah was born in 1796 so doubt i'll find he/she on a census lol. Mind you stranger things have happened........ I'll have a go.xx I wondered if it was a shortened version of ebeneezer. xx
Member Since: October 2005 Posts: 23,596 Send Message	JoyBoroAngel	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:23
	ebahneza maybe
	Researching: The birth of Middlesbrough
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:23
	There aren't many come up on the censuses, 2 in Lancs and one in Wales but born in Ireland, so it may have it's roots over there? Or it started as an abbreviation or something? Interestingly, three births between 1984-2005 with Ebah as middle name.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:24
	If you can find them in parish registers it will no doubt tell you son or daughter of. How did you come across it, hun?
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	♥~Muffy! ~♥	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:33
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	Through the IGI hon. And I'm beggared if I can find it again now to work back and find the sex. We are dealing with a Smith lol eyes are now on stalks lol I have a list of rellies to check in Hertfordshire a mile long now ......... lol. Gonna have to have a few days away in the near future to verify all this methinks lol xx
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:34
	well it's an excuse for a holiday, Muffy ;-)
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:35
	Got a surname and I'll have a look around the net for ya?
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	♥~Muffy! ~♥	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:36
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 12,556 Send Message	Sorry hon tis Smith lolololol I'm going to go back on the history bit of my puter see if i can find it that way xx
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 3,219 Send Message	Sue in Somerset	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:36
	http://www.mybaby-name.com/baby-name-full-detail/ebah/55930/1 The Name Ebah is a girl's name. The origin of the baby name Ebah is English with the meaning(s) depending on Gender/Origin being English- Flowing tide. Ebah has the following similar or variant Names: Eba Ebah Ebbah Ebba Found that in an online name site Sue
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 3,570 Send Message	Blue Moon	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:36
Member Since: March 2007 Posts: 3,570 Send Message	googled (but don't qoute me) The Name Ebah is a girl's name. The origin of the baby name Ebah is English with the meaning(s) depending on Gender/Origin being English- Flowing tide. Ebah has the following similar or variant Names: Eba Ebah Ebbah Ebba
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 5,523 Send Message	~Summer Scribe~	Report	19 Feb 2008 19:38
	Smith? Oh dear god thuds head on desk pml

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EBAH help please !!!!!!!!!!