This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wl.2ADIB/8737.1 Message Board Post: He had no middle name, but he was given one by Ellis Island when he came to the US as John Anderson. I don't know when or where he was given the letter B for his middle name