In my family we used the Godparent's name as middle names. I was a rebel and none of my 5 children born in the 1950's were named after family. Joan -- Joan Schneider Born, (Rootsweb Sponsor), researching: BENESCH, BORN, BRAND, CHRISTEN, DROMMERS, GROSJEAN, HAMMES, HENGES, HERRMANN. (HEERMANN), HUNA, HUPERTZ, KNOTT, LAMBY, LENG, LIEBL, MURGES, ROSS, (ROHS), SCHNEIDER, SCHNOBRICH, TURBES, YOUNG