The Baby Name gale

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2 Babies Born During Wind Storms, Named Gale

16 February 2012
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1. While an unnamed Category 4 hurricane was pummeling south Florida on September 15, 1945, Lt. and Mrs. Carl Landau (who were staying at a shelter in West Palm Beach) welcomed a baby girl. They named her Karen Gale. 2. During the gusty Great Appalachian Storm of November 24-25, 1950,… more

Barbara Gale – First Hurricane Baby Name?

5 May 2011

In 1950, the United States Weather Bureau started naming Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms. The initial names came from a radio alphabet that began with the words Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog and Easy. Because the alphabet happened to include several given names, you could say the first Atlantic storms that… more

Gale Storm Named Baby After TV Character

1 March 2011
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Singer/actress Gale Storm* had four children–three boys and a girl. Her daughter, born in 1956, was named Susanna after Susanna Pomeroy, the character Gale portrayed on The Gale Storm Show from 1956 to 1960. *Yes, “Gale Storm” was a stage name. Her real name was Josephine Owaissa Cottle. The middle… more

Did Your Ancestors Immigrate? Ship Names as Baby Names

28 September 2009
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Many of us have ancestors who traveled by sea. But few of us know the names of the ships that conveyed our ancestors from place to place. That’s too bad, because some of these vessels had names like: M. F. Elliott Mabel Gale Mae Madeleine Constance Magda Maggie Todd Malcolm… more