Harry - or sometimes Henry in the census - or a first Initial used As they did mid-1800's [or just initials] Have a [present day] cousin by marriage - now deceased who went by middle name all his life .. H. Ray [full name Harold Raymond C.....] Mimi Taylor -----Original Message----- Harold G. Witmer, > born 1903.

My father went by his middle name too - S. Gale Witmer. There's a lot of tradition in some families about doing that (like the Baumgardners often did), but the Witmer's didn't seem to except for my Dad... ----- Original Message ----- From: "geniebugged" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] State College First name Harold [can also be] > Harry - or sometimes Henry in the census - or a first Initial used > As they did mid-1800's [or just initials] > > Have a [present day] cousin by marriage - now deceased who went by middle > name all his life .. > H. Ray [full name Harold Raymond C.....] > > Mimi Taylor > > -----Original Message----- > Harold G. Witmer, > born 1903. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >