Family names as a middle name

Have you discovered surnames used as middle names in your family? They can be helpful in linking someone to a family line.
Here are some examples from my family for different surnames on my mother's side of the family:

Stiver as a middle name
Harry Carmen Stiver Boadway, son of Franklin Boadway and Martha Ann Stiver, 1906-1997
Carrie Stiver Frisby, daughter of Wilfred Frisby and Hannah Maria Johnston, 1892-1894
Edward Byron Stiver Watts, son of Thomas Watts and Katherine Stiver, 1875-1958
Donald Stiver Harper, son of Peter Harper and Evelina Stiver, 1895-?
Harold Stiver Willson, son of Phillip Willson and Ellen Stiver, 1897-?
Robert Stiver Hungerford, son of Robert Hungerford and Susan Stiver, 1911-?
Vera Stiver Wilkinson, daughter of Arthur Wilkinson and Bertha May Stiver, 1900-?
Ruth Stiver Wilkinson, daughter of Arthur Wilkinson and Bertha May Stiver, 1915-?
Anna Stiver Elliott, daughter of Alexander Elliott and Nancy Johnston, 1884-?
Grosett Stiver Elliott, son of Robert Button Elliott and Elma May Stiver, 1898-1899

Hemingway as a middle name
Josiah Hemingway Johnston, son of David Johnston and Hannah Hemingway, 1845-1919
Velma Hemingway Johnston, daughter of David Byers Johnston and Rachel Brechon, 1888-?
Otto Ray Hemingway Tranmer, son of William Tranmer and Sarah Watson, 1888-1974
Caroline Hemingway Lynde, daughter of Sylvester Lynde and Alberta Taylor, 1887-1980
Fred Hemingway Van Patter, son of Clinton Van Patter and Augusta Hemingway, 1880-1934



© 2014 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make a Christmas Surname Tree

Randy Seaver has given us a challenge if we wish to accept it is  to create a Christmas Surname Tree.

I used only the surnames of my direct line. I have taken it from myself at the base and working back. I have repeated the name with the different generations. Six generations including me.

I used PowerPoint 2003. I chose the tree auto-shape and chose no fill with dark green outline. I made a text frame where I typed in the names and adjusted the line spacing and changed the colour of the font. I am not sure why the background is grey. May have to do some experimenting as it was transparent when I saved it as a jpeg and it looks transparent in Picassa. 

© 2013 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Many Surnames

Randy Seaver has asked about the surnames in our Genealogical Managment Program. I use Brother's Keeper for my own research. I did the surname report and requested that it be put in order from the greatest number of surnames to least.

The top one was Smith 259
Stiver 242
Johnston 226
Helmkay 185
Archibald 135
Iles 130
Hemingway113
Hagerman 113
Williamson 107
Love 98

Except for Smith which is both on my maternal and paternal side and Iles on my paternal side, all the rest I believe are from my maternal side.
© 2011 Janet Iles

Saturday Night Fun with Wordie

I did a Wordie representation of my blog words back in July 2008

Tonight following the challenge of Randy Seaver, I did a Wordie using the names from my ahnentafel chart typing in the names as often as they appeared in the chart. I did not know the surnames of some of my ancestors so of course, they are not factored in.