login
Questions
Unanswered
Tags
Users
Ask a Question
My Feed
G2G Help
Categories
All categories
The Tree House
(40.0k)
Appreciation
(16.9k)
Genealogy Help
(91.9k)
Photos
(4.9k)
Policy and Style
(14.2k)
Requests for Project Volunteers
(3.1k)
WikiTree Help
(13.3k)
WikiTree Tech
(15.7k)
Children's names
+9
votes
100
views
Sometimes I just have to smile at some of my ancestors and how they named their children. Americus was the first born and seemingly named after Amerigo Vespucci. Then the next birth: twins and they named the boys Christopher and Columbus ... gotta love it!
WikiTree profile:
Americus Jewett
names
asked
Jul 8, 2018
in
The Tree House
by
Bob Jewett
G2G Astronaut
(
1.2m
points)
retagged
Jul 9, 2018
by
Ellen Smith
Please
log in
or
register
to add a comment.
Please
log in
or
register
to answer this question.
1
Answer
+3
votes
Best answer
Those are so cool that I’m not going to share my nutty mountain family names. Well, maybe one, Lusla, an uncle. At least the Jewett family had sense enough to use “real” names attached to history.
answered
Jul 8, 2018
by
Pip Sheppard
G2G Astronaut
(
2.5m
points)
selected
Jul 8, 2018
by
Susan Laursen
Please
log in
or
register
to add a comment.
Related questions
+6
votes
1
answer
92
views
How do you record last names when spellings change constantly?
asked
4 days
ago
in
The Tree House
by
Clint Meyers
G2G Crew
(
310
points)
names
name_fields
policy
+6
votes
6
answers
187
views
Children with same names
asked
Jan 2
in
The Tree House
by
Alice Campanella
G2G3
(
3.9k
points)
names
+4
votes
3
answers
125
views
German names with C or K?
asked
Nov 15, 2022
in
The Tree House
by
Kathy Webster
G2G6
(
6.6k
points)
german
names
surnames
+6
votes
2
answers
145
views
Colonial era names of children whose mother died giving birth?
asked
Oct 9, 2022
in
The Tree House
by
Tiah Balcer
G2G6
(
6.5k
points)
names
customs
colonial_america
maternal_death
+7
votes
1
answer
170
views
What is the protocol for entering names of early Native Americans?
asked
Apr 27, 2022
in
Policy and Style
by
Beverly Benfer
G2G6 Mach 2
(
24.1k
points)
native_americans
names
+6
votes
2
answers
208
views
Allow additional characters in names?
asked
Dec 6, 2021
in
Policy and Style
by
Bill Berry
G2G1
(
1.4k
points)
data_doctors
names
+4
votes
1
answer
195
views
Portuguese Last Names: How best to handle LNABs based on birth records
asked
Nov 28, 2021
in
Policy and Style
by
Tyler Benoit
G2G6
(
9.2k
points)
portugal
azores
names
acadia
data_doctors
style
+19
votes
5
answers
369
views
The humorous side of military ''dit'' names
asked
Apr 27, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Danielle Liard
G2G6 Pilot
(
492k
points)
just_for_fun
quebecois
names
quebec
+47
votes
6
answers
355
views
Please don't add middle names to profiles if you haven't found them in the records.
asked
Mar 23, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Living Kelts
G2G6 Pilot
(
515k
points)
names
profiles
middle_names
+5
votes
4
answers
528
views
Challenge of the week: Clean up names
asked
Mar 8, 2021
in
The Tree House
by
Eowyn Walker
G2G Astronaut
(
2.0m
points)
challenges
data_doctors
data_doctors_challenge
names
WikiTree
~
About
~
Help
~
Search
~
Surname
:
...