Gustave and August are the same name in different languages. Depended where the person lived at the time, and who they were trying to impress. It all comes down to one thing, the guys name was Gus. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: <DiALLAMAN@aol.com> To: <KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 6:08 PM Subject: [KYJEFFER] Re: KYJEFFER-D Digest V02 #188 > In regards to your Gustave vs August, I'll tell you what I have found in > my family research. So very many times I'll find somebody listed as one name > in this census and another name in the next census. These always turn out to > be their middle name. A very knowledgable genealogist that used to work at > our local library told me that that was a typical of Germans, to interchange > first names & middle names. I think I have found it to be true even in Irish > ancestors, also, or maybe it was just a regional thing in my area. I wonder > if other researchers have found the same thing? > But, my guess is that your relative's name was either Gustave August, or > August Gustave. > Diana > > > ==== KYJEFFER Mailing List ==== > The Jefferson County, KY History and Genealogy page is part of USGenWeb, AHGP and ALHN which are not-for-profit Projects. Visit us at http://home.ix.netcom.com/~gsdownr/usgw/jefferson1.html. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >