people with unattractive names value them. Our names are much more than our identity , they…
John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737 to the proud parents of Mary & Reverend John Hancock. John had 6 siblings. Eva J., George, David, Mary, William, and Ebenezer. When John was 7 his father died. Years later his mother remarried. He was adopted by his fatherly Uncle Thomas and his wife Lydia Henchman…
Maud Newton’s “America’s Ancestry Craze” discusses genealogy and how it is used to find out information about your ancestors. Newton shares her experience while having access to centuries of public records online and how discovering some of these records, should be done with caution. The idea of someone using these online websites, to find out who they are as a person, is only some of the many ideas newton goes over in her essay. Newton also goes into much detail on genes and how they, including details of her ancestors, are used to make up a person. The fascination people have for DNA analysis is strongly encouraging more people to put together their family tree. The only true way Newton believes we can find out who we are as a person, is…
Note: The greater the number of positive responses, the greater the person’s identification with a traditional heritage. The one exception to positive answers is the question about family name change. This question may be answered negatively.…
Harry S. Truman was the eldest of three kids. He had a sister named Mary Jane Truman and a brother named John Vivian Truman. John A. Truman and Martha E. Truman were his parents. The S. in his name is from his grandfathers’ Solomon Young and Anderson Shipp Truman. Harry S. Truman adored playing the piano and he practiced two hours everyday before school. His dad was a farmer and a mule…
Another story is how the name J D Wetherspoons came around. JD came from a character from the dukes oh hazards which Tim Martin enjoyed watching as a child and Wetherspoon from a primary school teacher which Tim had.…
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The average size of a family during the 1700 's would be 7.5, which is completely larger than the family size in todays culture. Looking at the family tree many couples had a large set of family. Some of the families had more than six children, which is over our regular family size. Since families were big some of the children carried on names of their parents. For example Thomas Edward who was married to Sarah Potman named their first child Thomas. Even after Sarah Potman death he remarried Mary and also named their first child Thomas. That was because names were meant to be carried on and remembered. If we…
One thing I’ve always been proud of is that my name is unique. That is, anyone who shares my last name of ‘Obsniuk’ is related to me. That’s because the name comes from my great-grandfather who came over to America from Romania with his family. Their family name was ‘Obleznik’, but to Americanize so they could get jobs and such they changed it to ‘Obsniuk’, a wholly unique surname. Now, every time someone asks me if I’m related to someone with the name Obsniuk, I proudly tell them this story.…
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835. His birthplace was in Florida and he grew up in a relatively small town. Mark Twain’s original name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain’s father was John Marshall and his mother was Jane Lampton Clemens. Samuel's father, John, was a judge. When little Samuel was four years of age he moved to Hannibal with his family. His parents enrolled him in a private school there.…
Edna Wooding: My parents came from England, from Liverpool. My mom’s name was Edna, I was named after her. My father’s name was Charles, they bought their first and only home in Chicago. 7506 South May Street.…
Falkner, (the u was added to the family name by the printer who set up…
Nikolai Gogol, the author he was named after, was Russian. An Indian having a Russian name would have been unheard of in Calcutta where his parents are from. In America it isn't like that at all. All kinds of people have all kinds of different names and more often than not parents pick out their children's name simply because they like it, and not because it has any significance whatsoever. That is not to say that all names have no importance in America. People are often named after relatives or favorite actors or even favorite authors like Gogol. This was just a more American thing to do than an Indian thing and it makes Gogol more American from that point…
Why are names so important when it comes to heritage and identity? Names has always been important, not only for knowing whom you are, but to also have an identity…
How many uncomfortable situations would I avoid by changing it, or scraping it off of my life once and for all. I guess it would make a substantial 180 degree turn in my life, but I would rather get interrogated a thousand times than change my last name. Aside from being something I was immediately born with, it is one of the few things that define me as an individual. Though not many look at it my way, I proudly hold on to it due to the enormous significance it holds. This word is a synonym for family and unity, which is the foundation of everything around me. With this, being content is the most important aspect a person has to focus on. Personally, my family brings joyfulness into my heart and is the one that can push me away from darkness. They are the building blocks who have helped me grow and stood by me since I was first born. Metaphorically speaking, my last name is the honorable representation of who I am as a person and the relationship I have with the people around me. So, why would I give up something so precious for the avoidance of something so…