On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Dennis High wrote: > > Bob, > > Did you leave the "S" off of John WATT below, on purpose? If so, can you tell > me more about whether your family added and deleted "S"s over the years? > Karen, No, my family (or the little I know of this line) has alway used the name without the "s"--this was was my mother's maiden name (and also my middle name). I can only carry the line back to my grandfather, John Watt, b. 23 Nov 1869, in TN. He died 18 Jan 1919 in Fostoria, TX. Know little about him other than that he was suppose to have been orphaned as a child (around 10 or so) and had a brother/half-brother named "Bert" who was blind. I have inferred that his father's name was James, based solely on a naming idiosyncrocy of John's own children: he gave all of his children only ONE given name, EXCEPT his oldest son, James Francis Watt. "Francis" was the first name John's father-in-law, so I am "leaping" to the conclusion that the eldest son was named after the two grandfathers. If you know of any possible connections, I would really appreciate knowing about them. Many thanks, Bob Robert W. Strong Graduate School of Library ******************* "AT THE FEAST OF EGO, & Information Science ************************ EVERYONE LEAVES HUNGRY." University of Texas at Austin strong@gslis.utexas.edu