I hate to be a wet-blanket, but my grandparents named all their daughters with the mother's maiden name as the girls' middle names. Jane Reid Finlay, Margaret Reid Finlay, Elizabeth Reid Finlay, Mae Reid Finlay. Only their son was named differently. Lucille Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D@rootsweb.com<mailto:DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:00 AM Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D Digest V04 #196

Lucille, In my family of eight: 1) The eldest daughter had two middle surnames from my father's side. 2) My oldest brother's middle name was my mother's surname. 3) The next brother had no middle name, but his Christian (forename as it's called now!!!) was the same as my mother and father's brothers. 4) The next sister was named after my mother's side, with three middle surnames (just like my mother). 5) The next brother was named after my father with the same middle Christian and surname from his side. This brother's first name was also after my father's grandfather 6) The youngest brother had no middle name, but he was given the Christian (forename) of my father's father. 7) My Christian name was the same as my mother's sister and a great-aunt and I have my mother's surname as a middle name. 8) My youngest sister's first name was after my mother and a great-grandmother, and she was also given my mother's surname as a middle name. I can't see any particular pattern. We go back to this naming in the early 1920s when the first of my siblings was born. No one had a Christian (forename as a middle name, neither did my antecedents on both sides...they all carried on a family surname, which makes it easier to try to trace, as you can imagine). Unfortunately, I forgot to carry on the family tradition with my daughters and neither one has a surname from my husband or me. My son's Christian and middle name were after my father's father, so at least one out of three isn't so bad, I suppose. None of my grandchildren have any family names, except for one grandson whose first name is after my husband's great-grandfather, but it wasn't by design! Where were our brains? Maisie -----Original Message----- From: Lucille Richmond [mailto:Lucille_Richmond_9@msn.com] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 5:33 AM To: Subject: [D-G LIST] Re: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D Digest V04 #196 I hate to be a wet-blanket, but my grandparents named all their daughters with the mother's maiden name as the girls' middle names. Jane Reid Finlay, Margaret Reid Finlay, Elizabeth Reid Finlay, Mae Reid Finlay. Only their son was named differently. Lucille Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D-requ est@rootsweb.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D@rootsweb.com<mailto:DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:00 AM Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D Digest V04 #196 ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> If your line involves the surname GRAHAM why not join CLAN-GRAHAM-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>