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pshrynk · 03-02-2010, 05:26 PM

My last name (Proctor) is a good old English name. There is a branch of the family that settled in the Ohio River Valley a long time ago. One of the sons of that group was a store keeper with a partner named Gamble. They had a really good flaked soap that they sold and decided to go into the distribution business. When the labels came back from the printer, it was misspelled (Procter). Being cheap, they decided to just change his name (Easier to do back in those days). So, now, everyone in the world, when I tell them my name, I have to spell for them Proct OH r. Sheesh.

03-02-2010, 05:26 PM	#8155
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	My last name (Proctor) is a good old English name. There is a branch of the family that settled in the Ohio River Valley a long time ago. One of the sons of that group was a store keeper with a partner named Gamble. They had a really good flaked soap that they sold and decided to go into the distribution business. When the labels came back from the printer, it was misspelled (Procter). Being cheap, they decided to just change his name (Easier to do back in those days). So, now, everyone in the world, when I tell them my name, I have to spell for them Proct OH r. Sheesh.