In a message dated 4/15/06 7:46:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, vawest@rochester.rr.com writes: > 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 > Thanks for the information Vicki. My George W. West's ,middle name was (Washington) from some of my family that evidently knew. EW