Hi I found on the LDS site an Eliheu West born 16 Oct 1838 in Fulton,Illinois parents are Eliheu Preston West and Ellen Moss submitter is Sarah J Rust of IL. EW it would be nice to know George W. West middle name. The middle name is either a last name or first name of the grandparents. Also, place of birth,parents information. Their is the Scottish naming pattern if anyone is familiar with it. Male side first great-grandfathers first name the Grandfather,Brother the Female side Great-grandmother,Grandmmother,sister,Aunt etc and these are usually used as first names of children. Also, when new blood married into the family the child would have the last name is used for middle name and it seems to go throughout the family groups.Then,the middle name is used to establish birth line by using the maiden names of the mother,grandmother,great-grandmother for both male and female line. So, if you have been wondering why the middle name is odd that is why. My Great-Grandfather is William Duthie West born in Pennan,Scotland. William is my Great-Great Grandfather and father of William. Duthie is the maiden name of my Great-Great Grandmother and mother of William. I am not born to West from the early days of the United States but I believe early family members from my family line must have come. Vicki -----Original Message----- From: EVELYN FERGUSON [mailto:evenewton1@msn.com] Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 11:36 PM To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WEST-L] ETHNICITY of the WEST NAME I am a descendant of James Madison West of Ohio. Into family, Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: EWhitehRDW@aol.com<mailto:EWhitehRDW@aol.com> To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] ETHNICITY of the WEST NAME I too am a West descendant, but when we were in grade school and the teachers ask us to bring our family history to school and what nationality we were, my sister, just older than me told us to go to school and tell them we were Black Dutch. My mother just laughed and didn't tell us any thing but Scotch Irish. Now I am trying to locaate the West families I am related to and it is so hard finding back further than Elihew West and Eleanor Moss West. My Great Grandfather is George W. West so if any of you can help me with that family or further I would appreciate it. I did through some of the relatives help find Eli and Eleanor West in Texas later on and was so grateful to her for that. They sure did go from state to state back then not to have much transportation like we have now. Or maybe they had more than we thought/ ew ==== WEST Mailing List ==== To contact WEST-L listowner send a post to Myra Chambers at WEST-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:WEST-admin@rootsweb.com> ==== WEST Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe send a post to <WEST-L-request@rootsweb.com> Type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. For Digest substitute the letter D for the L in the address.

Vicki, this was great to know these things. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria West" <vawest@rochester.rr.com> To: <WEST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 8:11 AM Subject: RE: [WEST-L] ETHNICITY of the WEST NAME AttN;EW > Hi > > I found on the LDS site an Eliheu West born 16 Oct 1838 in Fulton,Illinois > parents are Eliheu Preston West and Ellen Moss submitter is Sarah J Rust > of > IL. > > EW it would be nice to know George W. West middle name. > The middle name is either a last name or first name of the grandparents. > Also, place of birth,parents information. Their is the Scottish naming > pattern > if anyone is familiar with it. Male side first great-grandfathers first > name > the Grandfather,Brother the Female side > Great-grandmother,Grandmmother,sister,Aunt etc and these are usually used > as > first names of children. Also, when new blood married into the family the > child would have the last name is used for middle name and it seems to go > throughout the family groups.Then,the middle name is used to establish > birth > line by using the maiden names of the mother,grandmother,great-grandmother > for both male and female line. > So, if you have been wondering why the middle name is odd that is why. > My Great-Grandfather is William Duthie West born in Pennan,Scotland. > William is my Great-Great Grandfather and father of William. > Duthie is the maiden name of my Great-Great Grandmother and mother of > William. > I am not born to West from the early days of the United States but I > believe > early family members from my family line must have come. > > Vicki > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: EVELYN FERGUSON [mailto:evenewton1@msn.com] > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 11:36 PM > To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] ETHNICITY of the WEST NAME > > > I am a descendant of James Madison West of Ohio. > > Into family, > Evelyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: EWhitehRDW@aol.com<mailto:EWhitehRDW@aol.com> > To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:WEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:18 AM > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] ETHNICITY of the WEST NAME > > > I too am a West descendant, but when we were in grade school and the > teachers > ask us to bring our family history to school and what nationality we > were, > my > sister, > just older than me told us to go to school and tell them we were Black > Dutch. > My > mother just laughed and didn't tell us any thing but Scotch Irish. > Now I am trying to locaate the West families I am related to and it is so > hard finding > back further than Elihew West and Eleanor Moss West. My Great Grandfather > is > George W. West so if any of you can help me with that family or further I > would > appreciate it. I did through some of the relatives help find Eli and > Eleanor > West in > Texas later on and was so grateful to her for that. They sure did go from > state to state back then not to have much transportation like we have > now. Or > maybe they > had more than we thought/ > ew > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To contact WEST-L listowner send a post to > Myra Chambers at WEST-admin@rootsweb.com<mailto:WEST-admin@rootsweb.com> > > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send a post to <WEST-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Type UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > For Digest substitute the letter D for the L in the address. > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > Families are like fudge. > Mostly sweet with a few nuts. > >