Mrs Schuller’s name surprised me; I had never heard of the name Arvella so I searched around and found nothing. Then I looked at the US Census and discovered via Nameberry that at the turn of the 20th Century it was quite popular and #1 on the list. Here it is for both the boys and the girls.
Boys
- Albino
- Bethel
- Broadus
- Bubber
- Catherine *Yes I have heard of men named Catherine only with “C”
- Curry
- Erskine
- Gifford
- Lugene * This was news to me.
- Prentiss
- Purvis
- Stanislaus
- Virgie
- Smiley
Girls
- Arvella
- Dicey
- Elpha
- Curlie
- Etheline *Georgeanna’s sister was Etheline. c 1910
- Faustina
- Ferrol
- Georgeanna *my grandmother’s name, she was born 1906. The 3rd and 4th sisters name was popular in 1910. They were born in 1912 and 1921 respectively.
- Ioma
- Lillias *the yoga teacher’s name
- Luvina *great name for Valentine’s Day babies
- Oney
- Pairlee
- Pet and Petrina
- Rafaelita
- Pinky
- Texanna
- Soledad
In my anguish... 