[or-roots] sources of given names discussion

[Mary Marling]

I have and 3g grandfather named Charles Willett Masterson Smith born
1812 in Ohio.  We have no clue for the given names.  Doesn't seem to
appear in family otherwise.  My stepfather's given names, Karl Marx born
about 1910.
Mary



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] Wild tales from Ann's great Uncle


> I have heaard the same thing Carla, I don't know that this means
anything,
> but chekcing Missouri census for 1880 I found over 1400 folks born
between
> 1860 & 1880 named Jesse, I don't know how many caouse I quit counting
at
> 1400 and most of them were not Jesse James, I only found a dozen or so
even
> listed as Jesse J. most were some other letter or name.
>
> Les
>
> PS if you go to the link I posted last night about the James Gang you
will
> see that they are STILL popular.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of
> CKlooster at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 6:16 PM
> To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
> Subject: Re: [or-roots] Wild tales from Ann's great Uncle
>
>
> I was told by an old man who grew up in the rural midwest that there
was a
> lot of admiration and support for the James gang amongst the rural
> population.  He said that quite a number of babies were given the
first name
> Jesse and the middle name James because of this.
>
> Wonder if this is statistically true?!
>
> Carla
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