In article <1213806.0petW0R5U0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Whoever he is, "Anonymous" seems to be harassing random people. I just did a
> quick search on George Hostler to find some random stuff about some people
> with "George" as their first name with "Hostler" in the same page. I didn't
> even know "Hostler" was a surname. It sounds like it's made up...
Nope, not a made up name. It's not very common, though. Here's a map
of the distribution of Hostler's in the US from the 1920 census:
<http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?fid=7&ln=Hostler&fn=>
and here's a map of their distribution in the UK from the 1891 England
and Wales census records:
<http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=6&ln=Hostler&fn=&yr=1
840>
Isn't it amazing what weird things you can find on the internet?
Here's your name distribution in 1891 England and Wales:
<http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=6&ln=Schestowitz&fn=&;
yr=1920>
Looks like Hostler was actually more common than Schestowitz. :-)
Smith, of course, beats you both:
<http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=6&ln=Smith&fn=>
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--Tim Smith
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