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CUSTOM

IT IS A CUSTOM IN OUR FAMILY TO GIVE THE FIR'ST SON HIS FATHERS
NAME AS A MIDDLE NAME, SUCH AS JOHN--EDWARD JOHN--KEITH EDWARD.

Submitter comment: I AM NOT SURE WHEN THIS CUSTOM ORIGINATED, BUT I CAN TRACE IT BACK
TO 1900.

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Subject headings: Person / Nickname

Date learned: CA00001960

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