Thursday, July 9, 2020

Sophronia, Erastus

Found in an 1859 Bible donated to the store: 
"Overcoming Anxiety" article for the Christian Science Monitor, June 14, 1917

BELOW: A record of Family Deaths written inside the Bible.
The names!

Erastus! [Latinized form of the Greek name Ἔραστος (Erastos) meaning "beloved"]

Sophronia! [A girl's name  from the Greek sophron – sensible. via]

There's a Davis--my mother's maiden name, which she used again after the divorce in 1974. I use Davis as a middle name sometimes.