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This is the baptism entry for one of the members of my friend's tree, but what's her name?

Keturah

That's what the transcription says, but what sort of name is Keturah? I've never come across that before!!

Loakesy wrote:That's what the transcription says, but what sort of name is Keturah? I've never come across that before!!

I have heard of Keturah - it's a proper name

Wiki : Keturah \k(e)-tu-rah\ as a girl's name is pronounced ke-TOO-rah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Keturah is "incense". Biblical: the second wife of Abraham and mother of six of his sons, who became ancestors of various Arabian peoples. The name was revived by the Puritans

Maggie

Loakesy wrote:That's what the transcription says, but what sort of name is Keturah? I've never come across that before!!

We come across it quite a lot.

Been listening to a Meg Hutchinson book and there is a character in it called Kesiah. We have this name used quite a lot on BCC and I've always thought it was pronounced Kayzia - but whe pronounces it k-siah as in Isiah. Learned something new today.

Well, many thanks! What I originally thought was yet another transcription error is actually a real name...

I thought it was perhaps Betinah, or something similar!

You do learn something every day, indeed!!