If Mary April married Claude Fool, she would be ... Mary April Fool! I can't resist the temptation to do this ... you all understand, right? You've even come to expect it, right? I'm a Geneaholic - I really can't help it. Let's get it over with. There is no person named "April Fool" in any US Census - trust me, I looked. However, there are some people named FOOL or synonyms for FOOL, to wit - in the 1920 census there are: 1) 45 people with the surname FOOL 2) 3,757 people with the surname JESTER 3) 1,651 people with the surname MESS 4) 252 with the surname BOOB 5) 33 with the surname CLOWN 6) 101 people with the surname DUPE 7) 13 people with the surname CHUMP 8) 8 people with the surname BUFFOON 9) 9 people with the surname COMIC 10) 22 people with the surname JOKER 11) 95 people with the surname SUCKER 12) 1,301 people with the surname TRICK 13) 162 people with the surname FUN 14) 203 people with the surname FUNNY 15) 502 people with the surname APRIL 16) 220 people with the given name APRIL Now for combinations of given and surnames: Claud and Grace FOOL resided in Pocahontas County IA Mary APRIL resided in Fairfield County CT Booth JESTER resided in Johnston County OK Nanny BOOB resided in Climax GA Randall BOOB resided in Union County PA Frank STUPID resided in New York County NY Mary COMIC resided in Crooks County OR Ernest DUPE resided in St. Martin Parish LA DUPE Clodfelter resided in Davidson County NC CHUMP Dennis resided in Butts County GA William and Violette CHUMP resided in Shelby County TN James and Mary BUFFOON resided in Worcester County MA Arthur and Ednamae JOKER resided in Allen County IN Wolf and Lottie SUCKER resided in Philadelphia County PA I always wonder why people with surnames like these don't change their names to something more "acceptable" - either legally or unofficially. Of course, some of these words did not have the connotation that they have today.