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Is it only my family?
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Deryn | Report | 8 May 2004 18:39 |
I am one of five b1960 and I am the only one that they have used my first name - all others are called by their second names - seems silly when they chose the order and then use the names the other way round! Nowt so queer as folk!! |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 8 May 2004 17:54 |
Kim: And I thought MY family was hard to trace! :~) |
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Kim | Report | 7 May 2004 20:51 |
I have eight generations in a row where the females were called Elizabeth. I have one man whose mother daughter and three wives were called Mary and another whose wives were both called Louisa although one was a middle name. Must have been a confusing life! KIM |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 7 May 2004 20:45 |
Thank you Sally, Kathryn and Irene. I can understand calling a son by his middle name when he has the same first name as his father, but to have so many other people use their middle names I thought was strange. Thank you for letting me know about your families! By the way, on my dad's side, most of the first-born children have their parents' names -- really makes it fun when you have three generations of the same name! |
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Irene | Report | 7 May 2004 19:59 |
My husband's father was Arthur Charles, we only knew him as Charles until he died. His grandmother Ethel was born Harriet Ethel, his g grandfather Arthur was born Ebenezer Arthur. That's not counting my family or the rest of his. Makes life interesting though. Irene |
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Twinkle | Report | 7 May 2004 18:31 |
My grandmother was one of six, all of whom used their middle names. Thankfully, my other branch was very unimaginative and only gave each child one name. |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 7 May 2004 18:11 |
Sue: Do you know about http://automatedgenealogy(.)com/census/NationalSummary.jsp (1901 Census - partially transcribed) Good luck! |
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Sue In Oz | Report | 7 May 2004 18:05 |
Hi Lisa,I've been searching for my grandfather on the Canadian census but with no luck so far. Never thought to try with his middle name,I will give it a go. Thanks Sue |
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Lisa J in California | Report | 7 May 2004 18:02 |
I've just found more family members on a Canadian census. I've not figured out the percentage, but a HUGE number of my ancestors, both male and female, used their middle names. Have others found this to be true? I think it's rather strange that so many people did not use their first names. |