This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/6308.2.1 Message Board Post: Our Rufus Bennett JR was born around 1920, and his father Rufus was married to a Lillian. Rufus Sr was a notary public and born in Maryland. In the 1930 Census, Rufus Sr was 38. That is all the info that I have. Nothing prior, and nothing forward. This may fit in as you are correct about the repeating first names, and sometimes they became middle names. Wish we knew more.....