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From: Vic Kemper <>
Subject: Re: [PALANCAS-L] Use of middle name?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 22:52:23 -0600


More commonly, the first names of all the sons would be Johan, (or Johannes,
John, etc), and the girls' first names would all be Maria.

Vic Kemper

ROBERT L. BALLANTYNE wrote:

> David-
> Absolutely - In some families all the boys would be Jacob + a middle
> name. The first born son would be called Jacob; the rest by their middle
> name.
> 'twas also done with females with first names like Sarah or Nancy, etc.
>
> Bob Ballantyne/PA

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