[From nobody Thu Nov 19 13:59:42 2020
From: Connie Guardino &lt;census@wi.net&gt;
To: or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Problems with names
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:27:28 +0000
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Naming traditions can really be humorous. In Italian society, the oldest
son should have the middle name of his godfather. In my father's case,
that would have been Mariano Mariano Guardino! His parents were smart
enough NOT to give him a middle name.Later on in life, he chose John as
his middle name, although it was not a legal name change.

Steve &amp; Ronda Howard wrote:

&gt; Hi Cecil and everyone,Was it common to change your name in yesteryear
&gt; (1850 - 1930)?  Did people carry some kind of identification?  Was it
&gt; easy to change your name? I'm familiar with the criminal element.  My
&gt; husband's grandfather Charles Howard (b. KY 1885) was convicted mostly
&gt; of forgery.  He used the names Edward Barrett, Charles Howard, Charles
&gt; Edward Howard, James Harris, Robert Howard and Robert Williams. Does
&gt; anyone else have stories or reasons why people changed their
&gt; names?Thanks,Ronda
&gt;
&gt;      ----- Original Message -----
&gt;      From: Cecil Houk
&gt;      Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:06 PM
&gt;       ....  My maternal grandfather, Cecil Clark Rulaford's
&gt;      father was born Edgar McMullin (or some variation of that
&gt;      spelling).  He became George A. Rulaford, and married my gr
&gt;      grandmother, Martha Jane Ford in 1880....Good
&gt;      hunting,Cecil  Cecil Houk, ET1 USN Ret.
&gt;      PO Box 530833
&gt;      San Diego CA 92153
&gt;      FAX 619-428-6434
&gt;      mailto:cchouk@cox.net
&gt;      ANDERSON - BLAKELY - FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE - RULAFORD -
&gt;      SIMPSON
&gt;      Searchable GEDCOM: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk
&gt;      My web page MENU: http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/
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Naming traditions can really be humorous. In Italian society, the oldest
son should have the middle name of his godfather. In my father's case,
that would have been Mariano Mariano Guardino! His parents were smart enough
NOT to give him a middle name.Later on in life, he chose John as his middle
name, although it was not a legal name change.
&lt;p&gt;Steve &amp; Ronda Howard wrote:
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&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Hi
Cecil and everyone,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Was it
common to change your name in yesteryear (1850 - 1930)?&nbsp; Did people
carry some kind of identification?&nbsp; Was it easy to change your name?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&nbsp;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I'm
familiar with the criminal element.&nbsp; My husband's grandfather Charles
Howard (b. KY 1885) was convicted mostly of forgery.&nbsp; He used the
names Edward Barrett, Charles Howard, Charles Edward Howard, James Harris,
Robert Howard and Robert Williams.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&nbsp;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Does
anyone else have stories or reasons why people changed their names?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Thanks,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Ronda&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&nbsp;
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&lt;div style=&quot;FONT: 10pt arial&quot;&gt;----- Original Message -----&lt;/div&gt;

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  style=&quot;BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;From:&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cchouk@cox.net&quot; title=&quot;cchouk@cox.net&quot;&gt;Cecil Houk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style=&quot;FONT: 10pt arial&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sent:&lt;/b&gt; Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:06
PM&lt;/div&gt;
&nbsp;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;....&nbsp; My maternal grandfather, Cecil Clark
Rulaford's father was born Edgar McMullin (or some variation of that spelling).&nbsp;
He became George A. Rulaford, and married my gr grandmother, Martha Jane
Ford in 1880....&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Good hunting,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Cecil&lt;/font&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Cecil
Houk, ET1 USN Ret.&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;PO Box 530833&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;San Diego CA 92153&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;FAX 619-428-6434&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:cchouk@cox.net&quot;&gt;mailto:cchouk@cox.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;ANDERSON - BLAKELY - FORD - HOUK - KIMSEY - MOE
- RULAFORD - SIMPSON&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;Searchable GEDCOM: &lt;a href=&quot;http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk&quot;&gt;http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~cchouk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;My web page MENU: &lt;a href=&quot;http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/&quot;&gt;http://members.cox.net/~cchouk/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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