Henrietta Maria Puns

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Welcome to the first week of r/ayearofmiddlemarch! It's great to be back this time as a veteran. I hope we can give everyone as good a time as I had last year.

The format of these posts is going to be a summary of the plot and extra information that might be in the footnotes in the main post, followed by a few questions posted beneath as comments. You can reply to the questions below. Feel free to drop into as many or as few questions as you like, and feel free to add your own top-level questions if you have thoughts that aren't really covered by the questions suggested by mods (just please be mindful of spoilers if you have read ahead!). Remember, they're only suggestions! Have fun!

Summary

First of all, Eliot gives us a brief recap of the story of Teresa of Ávila, a sixteenth-century Spanish mystic who became a nun and a theologist. Eliot tells us that as a child Teresa was very pious, but that the society that she lived in made it difficult for her to live up to her potential, and argues that there are many people just like her.

We then move into chapter 1 where we meet the Brooke family: the landowner Mr Brooke and his orphaned nieces. Dorothea is understatedly beautiful and passionately religious, while the younger Celia is more glamorous and lighter in disposition. In this chapter, Celia is keen for them to look through their late mother's jewellery and both pick out some pieces for themselves, but Dorothea is somewhat dismissive... until she spots a couple of pieces that catch her eye. Celia notices that her sister can be somewhat inconsistent in her piety.

Context

One of Dorothea’s ancestors is “a Puritan gentleman who had served under Cromwell but afterward conformed and managed to come out of all political troubles as the proprietor of a respectable family estate.” This is a reference to the Interregnum and subsequent political purges during the Restoration.

Dorothea is noted as having portions of Pascal’s Pensées and Jeremy Taylor memorized - the Pensées is a work of asceticism written by Blaise Pascal. Jeremy Taylor was a Royalist poet and cleric during the Interregnum.

The inhabitants of Middlemarch are still discussing “Mr. Peel’s late conduct on the Catholic Question,

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I found an old namebook on Google Books from 1853 called Lexicon of Ladies’ Names with their Floral Emblems by Sarah C. Carter. It was originally printed in Boston, Mass. USA. I love old name books because I find it interesting to see how name meanings evolved, but also to see which names were considered common, normal, accepted, etc. This book states straight away that they chose the most poetic meanings, so I’ll enjoy it for that. They then matched them to flowers based on their meanings, which were a big thing during this period. You could say a lot with the right bouquet. And each name has a poem, all of which I enjoyed reading (kind of phoned it in with Victoria though).

The preface says:

> “NAMES were anciently chosen for their Significations. In modern times this fact has been lost sight of, and such Significations can now be found only in ancient books, except a few in our family Bibles. Authorities differ somewhat in their definitions of names, in such cases, the author has adopted the one which her own taste dictated; also in the Floral Emblems, she has pursued the same course.”

I thought some of these meanings were an interesting take on the literal translations, like Eva - Living and Enlivening, or Diana – Luminous. The spelling of Phebe aligns with what is found in the King James Bible, and was used as often as Phoebe in the US during this period. Names with repeating meanings are grouped together, so it is interesting that Jenny is listed on its own, not as a diminutive of Jane, and both Betsey and Bessie are listed together but not with Elizabeth. Some unfortunate meanings are made a little more appealing by the chosen Flower Emblem, like Asenath – Misfortune, flower emblem is Aloe: “Think not the Almighty wills one idle pang, one needless tear”, with a poem about silver linings. Some are left unredeemed, like Birsha, an evil, flower emblem of barberry, “Sour-tempered”. No wonder that one didn’t catch on (also it’s the name of a man in the bible?). You can read the whole book on Google Books (link in comments) and look up the flower it was matched with as well as the poems. I only included the name meanings below.

Any meanings you enjoy or way off the mark? Julia means curly-haired? I’m very intrigued by Tryphosa and Tryphena. And kind of dig Urania, the Greek muse of astronomy and astrology (also spelt Ourania).

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Congratulations /u/ThyAncestryGuy!

To the others who posted, feel free to re-enter your people in the Week 48 thread this Thursday.

From /u/ThyAncestryGuy:

Johann Joachim Christoph Schumacher

Birth: 1806, Puchow, Mecklenburg, germany.

Marriage: Dorothea Elisabeth Friederike Hahn on May 19 1834, Woggersin, Mecklenburg, Germany

Death: May 20 1851 in Woggersin, Germany

Children:

Ernst Theodor Christian Hahn (1833-?) baptized in the parish Wulkenzin. All other siblings in the parish of Woggersin

Johanna Maria Sophia (1834-?)

Johann Carl Theodor (1836-?)

Friederike Maria Caroline (1838-?)

Caroline Christiane Friederike (1841-?)

Ludwig Johann Friedrich Schumacher (1845-?)

Friedrich Christian (1849-?)

Sophia Friederike Caroline (1849-?)

Summary/Notes

Johann Joachim is the son of Johann Jürgen Schumacher a resident of Puchow, died before May 19 1834. I have found two siblings. First one is Johann Jürgen Schumacher, husband of Caroline Christine Friederike Toms. Caroline and Johann married on September 18th 1838 in Woggersin.

The second sibling is Maria Dorothea Regina Schumacher. She married Johann Jürgen Friederich Schwing May 5th 1837 in the parish of Stavenhagen u Wolde. They had 10 kids together in that parish. On an 1842 baptism for their son Johann Friedrich Theodor Schwing. A witness named Sophia Johanna Dorothea Schumacher, married name was Tamm.

The same Sophia Schumacher shows up on the 1845 baptisms for there daughter Ernestina Sophia Friederica Schwing. Sophia Dorothea shows up on the 1852 baptism for Auguste Maria Sophia Schwing.

I may not have a point in posting this here. I may have broke the wall I'm not sure though. On the 1819 Mecklenburg-Schwerin census I may have them. All children were born in Puchow. There is the following people have been found all lived in Puchow. Except a Christoph Schumacher who lived in Penzlin and was born in Puchow. Birth date was Jan 9 1806. Chritoph was working as a service boy.

Joachim Schumacher born Mar 4th 1775. Born in Gross Varchow

Louise born April 2nd 1777 born in Brandenburg

Johann, born on Aug 17 1803

Maria, born May 29 1811

Sophia, born Apr 18 1815

The records for Puchow are listed here but only accessed by FHL

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=37464&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Germany%2C%2

Pilot on me!!

Transfer season is officially open, so it's time for another thread (does this count as OC for the hall of fame voting if I'm posting this before the men's thread goes up, even if I'm just copy/pasting from last year?). I'm trying to keep it similar to last year's one, so rumours are included, and confirmed transfers are in bold.

I've included the Women's WorldTeams, and teams that have announced / are rumoured to apply for WorldTeam status next years. That's 15 teams - I've got a table at the end for any other notable transfers / stagiaires / retirees

Here is a list of riders out of a contract for next year. It is PCS, who are not the most up to date on the women's side usually + 1 year contracts are still pretty standard in women's cycling, so don't read too much into it. Cycling Fever have a great overview of transfers, rumours and contract extensions.

Quick summary of changes for Women's WorldTeams in 2022:

• Minimum salary goes up to €27,500 per year (from €20,000 this year)
• Pensions savings introduced
• Minimum number of riders per team goes up from 9 to 10, maximum goes up from 16 to 20.
• 10% increase in prize money
• Riders will receive 50% of the total prize money for the GC at the end of stages (instead of 20% previously), bringing the system into line with the men’s.

This come in addition to sickness and maternity cover introduced in 2021. From 2023 onwards, the minimum salary for women in the WT will be the same as for Professional Continental men, and Neo Pro status will be introduced.

New UCI teams:

• Cofidis
• Uno-X - aiming for WWT status
• Canyon///SRAM development team - women's continental team
• St Michel - Auber93 - French club team stepping up to UCI conti status (men's team is already at that level)

New/conti teams [applying for WorldTeam status](https://www.uci.org/pressrelease/mens-and-womens-professional-road-cycling-48-teams-have-submitted-required/cup

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

Names selected from seven yearbooks from the same high school in Massachusetts.

EDIT: *6 decades I can't count

Congratulations /u/HasLotsOfBrickWalls!

To the others who posted, feel free to re-enter your people in the Week 41 thread this Thursday.

From /u/HasLotsOfBrickWalls:

John Vincent Myers

Birth: 1798 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Marriage: Maria Esling before 1826

Death: Before 1870

Children

Henry W. Myers (1826-?) Married Emily Snyder

Catherine Myers (1829-1905) married John Fenlon (1818-1899)

Susan Myers (1831-?)

Margaret C Myers (1835-1913)

Eliza Ann Myers (1842-1909) married Henry Alton Shoemaker (1845-1923)

Census

1850, Lawrenceville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

1860, Ebensburg, Cambria, Pennsylvania

Summary/Notes

Maria Esling the wife of John lived in Ebensburg, Cambria on the 1870 and 1880 census records.

The death certificate of their daughter Margaret listed John having a birthplace of Pittsburgh while Maria's was Philadelphia.

My goal is too find the parents of John. His wife Maria is the daughter of Nicholas Esling and Catharine Snyder.

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