Our family used the same name twice when they thought their oldest son had died while serving in the military (about 1850) and then gave their youngest son the same name. He did come home and they all immigrated to USA to confuse future genealogists Jane
I once had a client family with 4 boys. The father's name was (changed name for example) Thomas Francis Smith. The couple named the sons: 1: Thomas, 2 Francis, 3 Thomas Francis 4 Francis Thomas. The lady at the birth registration office and I spent many days sorting this out. So people do strange things with names. Kate ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel White" <medevice@sprintmail.com> To: <PFALZ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: [PF-L] How common name changes > Our family used the same name twice when they thought their oldest son had died while > serving in the military (about 1850) and then gave their youngest son the same name. > He did come home and they all immigrated to USA to confuse future genealogists > Jane > > > > > ==== PFALZ Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? Go to > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html > to unsubscribe >