If any were confused by my post-hope this will clear it up. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Foster <buckfoster@worldnet.att.net> To: <FamRSearch@aol.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 6:43 PM Subject: Re: Amy THARP-PALMERTON > Hi Julia- Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I was hesitant to suggest > there may have been another marriage, so asked if Missouri, was aka. Mrs. > Lou(in the obit)Ford-Tharp. Her name is Luella Ford, b. Tn., wife of John > Thorp/Tharp, b. Clinton, NJ. Ch. Amy, Rosa, James+? > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <FamRSearch@aol.com> > To: <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 5:22 PM > Subject: Re: Amy THARP-PALMERTON > > > > Jan > > > > Missouri was a common name during the mid to late 1800's. I have two > > relatives who were named Missouri Louisiana, maybe that was true here. A > lot > > of people are given names their parents think are cute or are very trendy > > only to have them thought stupid 30 years later. So they go by thier > middle > > name or even change thier name. My great grandmother was named Marietta > but > > changed it (without legal action) to Etta and used Etta when she got her > > delayed birthcertificate in the 1940's. She named her daughter Diamond > Opal > > after the stones in her wedding ring. My grandmother used Opal Dean after > > she left home - again without benefit of legal change. > > > > But is the Lou in Mrs. Lou (Ford) Thorp her (I am not sure who the her > is - > > Amy or Missouri) her fathers name i.e. Lou Thorp and unkown Ford? > > > > Julia Coldren-Walker > > > > >