The other possibility with the birth certificate is that it is just plain wrong. Clerks do make errors. My father-in-law was born in PA in 1907 and his name was George Henry Reed on every document he generated in his lifetime, was called George, and signed his name George H. Reed. You can imagine my surprise when I obtained his bc, and he was just plain ole Henry. Clearly a clerical mistake, which the Pennsylvania Division of Vital records would not correct/amend because he was dead. Mimi Reed State College, Pa