tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post2351504955231898494..comments2024-01-28T03:56:39.351-08:00Comments on TOM CLARK: TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-78679715789538871082011-09-25T09:12:14.879-07:002011-09-25T09:12:14.879-07:00Tom, so glad you commented on my blog and gave me ...Tom, so glad you commented on my blog and gave me the link to this terrific poem! I guess that makes two of us in the Xerxes club.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829062955658284450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-49597448035902616902009-10-11T18:19:44.747-07:002009-10-11T18:19:44.747-07:00Xerxes of Texas sounds pretty great. I've neve...Xerxes of Texas sounds pretty great. I've never met a Xerxes, but will keep my eyes open. Thanks for this marvelous poem.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285558511682553411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-16070617158418336352009-10-09T00:05:59.784-07:002009-10-09T00:05:59.784-07:00Annie,
Hmm, I thought about this all day.
In 193...Annie,<br /><br />Hmm, I thought about this all day.<br /><br />In 1930 there were over 30,000 living and dead Americans with the family name Xerxes<br /><br />Since then the total number has increased by less than a thousand, meaning the the US branch of the Xerxes family is apparently slowly dying out.<br /><br />However, your issue would not be the family name but the first name.<br /><br />A search of national archive obit stats for selected major city newspapers revealed these totals for obits of persons with the first name Xerxes.<br /><br />Chicago Tribune 155<br />Atlanta Constitution 192<br />Washington Post 86<br />SF Chronicle 64<br />London Times 12<br /><br />Thought you might be interested to know Texas Death Certificates (compilation 54% complete) indicate only five fellows named Xerxes have died in the Lonestar State. I say fellows because who would be so unkind as to name a female child Xerxes.<br /><br />Frankly I myself however am beginning to like the ring of it.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-89910837353071435062009-10-08T10:30:46.719-07:002009-10-08T10:30:46.719-07:00A frivolous thought intrudes: I wonder why people ...A frivolous thought intrudes: I wonder why people might still name their son Cyrus or Darius, but not Xerxes?Annienoreply@blogger.com