Right, the middle name(s), if any, could also honor non-ancestors: people the parents admire. I've also seen a brother-in-law's last name given as a middle name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. David Samuelsen" <[email protected]> To: "Tim Nenno" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 03:39 Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] names > Not always. > > Explain this: > > August Bolinski, wife Marianna Pulaski (Pawleski) > children: > Anna > Stafford (not a German name at all) > Hermann > August Jr. > Julianna > Aman Emerson > > This is from 1850s > > David > > Tim Nenno wrote: > > > > It was usually done to honor ancestors. > > > > For instance, one of my 3rd-great-grandfathers was > > christened Robert Stidham Smith Walbridge. Stidham and Smith > > were his maternal grandparents' names. > > > > One of his brothers was William R. S. Walbridge. (I don't > > know what the R and S stand for; probably Richmond -- a > > grandfather's middle name -- and Smith.) > > > > They do help track down and connect people. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 08:36 > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] names > > > > > Does any one know why in the late 1700's early 1800's > > some people have 4 > > > names , such as Alexander Hamilton Phyllip Hicks? Was it > > because they > > > might have been Catholic? I know this is a stupid question > > but I am > > > curious that I might be missing something that could lead > > me in a > > > direction for researching. > > > Thanks > > > Nancy Hicks > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > > Tri-Counties Site includes nearly 700 Cemetery Listings > > available from the township pages and from the Cemetery > > Index at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > Please post all surname listings and surname or family queries on the Query section of Tri-Counties site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm
Its not just a 1700's and 1800's thing. There are many people today walking around with 3, 4 and in one case I am aware of 5 names. Just last year, my last nephew born in October received four names. This was to appease the grandparents on both sides and prevent a family "rift". The parents were simply trying to appease all and still keep the name THEY wanted. And the names that he has, are not family names. They are Biblical names. So trying to maintain peace amongst the relatives may have been and still is another reason. -----Original Message----- From: Tim Nenno [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 6:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] names Right, the middle name(s), if any, could also honor non-ancestors: people the parents admire. I've also seen a brother-in-law's last name given as a middle name. ----- Original Message ----- From: "W. David Samuelsen" <[email protected]> To: "Tim Nenno" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 03:39 Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] names > Not always. > > Explain this: > > August Bolinski, wife Marianna Pulaski (Pawleski) > children: > Anna > Stafford (not a German name at all) > Hermann > August Jr. > Julianna > Aman Emerson > > This is from 1850s > > David > > Tim Nenno wrote: > > > > It was usually done to honor ancestors. > > > > For instance, one of my 3rd-great-grandfathers was > > christened Robert Stidham Smith Walbridge. Stidham and Smith > > were his maternal grandparents' names. > > > > One of his brothers was William R. S. Walbridge. (I don't > > know what the R and S stand for; probably Richmond -- a > > grandfather's middle name -- and Smith.) > > > > They do help track down and connect people. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 08:36 > > Subject: [Tri-Counties] names > > > > > Does any one know why in the late 1700's early 1800's > > some people have 4 > > > names , such as Alexander Hamilton Phyllip Hicks? Was it > > because they > > > might have been Catholic? I know this is a stupid question > > but I am > > > curious that I might be missing something that could lead > > me in a > > > direction for researching. > > > Thanks > > > Nancy Hicks > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > > Tri-Counties Site includes nearly 700 Cemetery Listings > > available from the township pages and from the Cemetery > > Index at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > Please post all surname listings and surname or family queries on the Query section of Tri-Counties site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm ______________________________