[or-roots] Problems with names

[Steve & Ronda Howard]

Hi Cecil and everyone,
Was it common to change your name in yesteryear (1850 - 1930)?  Did people carry some kind of identification?  Was it easy to change your name?

I'm familiar with the criminal element.  My husband's grandfather Charles Howard (b. KY 1885) was convicted mostly of forgery.  He used the names Edward Barrett, Charles Howard, Charles Edward Howard, James Harris, Robert Howard and Robert Williams.

Does anyone else have stories or reasons why people changed their names?
Thanks,
Ronda

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cecil Houk 
  Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:06 PM

  ....  My maternal grandfather, Cecil Clark Rulaford's father was born Edgar McMullin (or some variation of that spelling).  He became George A. Rulaford, and married my gr grandmother, Martha Jane Ford in 1880....
  Good hunting,
  Cecil


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