In a message dated 2/7/99 10:50:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, jdonley@bellatlantic.net writes: << My great-grandfather's name was Marion ELLIOTT and my cousin's name was Marion HOUSEHOLDER. I also have a cousin whose name came from another line entirely whose middle name is Marion. It really is a man's given name. That probably doesn't rule out that it could be a las >> Tomato --- Tom(aw)to Either --- (E)ither Proceed with CARE......One of my daily chores is placement of Patients in a hospital. I have learned ---- never assume. I have attempted to place a Frankie in with a John.... A Willie with a George, Only to learn that Frankie and Willie are females. Marion is another that has given me grief. Marion is both male and female given names. And with some; these are family names from ancestors. Audrey