Thank you Geoff, It is interesting the history of naming a child with the mother's maiden name. The research in tracing the family with more than one name is not too easy. For example: Robert Ainslie - Ann Ewing George Burnside Ainslie b. 1827 So now, must I look for George's mother as Ann Burnside? Roberts' parents were: George Ainslie - Isabel Burnside. This is why I thought George's (b. 1827) middle name, Burnside, was named after his grandparents on his mother's side.