I have found that a number of my family in the 1880s to 1900s had both a given and a middle name as children but switched them as adults. Sometimes either the first or the middle name was just an initial on the census. Also, a relative born in the 1880s told me that when she was a girl a singer with the first name Hazel came to town. She was fascinated and thereafter she used the name Hazel. This was in Linn Co. Oregon but assume it true elsewhere. The point: names at that time were not as fixed as they are now. Clyde Senger On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:29:01 EST [email protected] writes: > > My mother was "Baby Lincoln" for six months and, apparently, was > the only > one of eight with such a lengthy Baby period. The story I always > heard was that > it was caused by a battle over what her name would be...and for > whom she > would be named. She ended up Lydea (G-Gma) and Rebecca (Gma) ... > and she often > wished for a "prettier" name too. > > > > This almost happened to me in 1941 until my mother named me for a > woman in > the newspaper at the very last moment. > Bettye > > > ==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a message to [email protected] > that > contains (in the body of the message) only the single word: > unsubscribe > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >