"Chris Dickinson" wrote in message news:89fdcc4b-65c6-41a5-9010-be88c8a8c1ed@googlegroups.com... > >On Friday, 13 November 2015 19:03:15 UTC, Gordon wrote: > >> >> I have an ancestor born and baptised Isaac but every so often he crops up >> as >> John Isaac or Isaac John. >> It has cropped up in marriage banns and his son's military records. >> Unfortunately he lived so long ago there is no one alive who can give an >> answer to this. >> >> Gordon > > >But in this period? Two forenames were uncommon. > >Chris It was the 1840's. One sister and one brother were baptised with two forenames but he and his other siblings were all baptised with one forename and he gave his children two forenames. I don't know where he "got" John from. Gordon