Susanne
It's of course my practice to accept as definitive the spelling an
individual uses for his or her own name. But in order to find out that
person's lineage, I find it necessary to know how his forebears spelled
it. So I assume that the correct spelling of Loren's name is Hudelson, but
that doesn't mean that his parents, grandparents, siblings, or children
spelled it that way. To learn that, I think it essential to identify his
parents, for which birth certificates, etc., need to be found. Thanks for
the advice, though.
Dave
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:55 AM, <shieber(a)aol.com> wrote:
If you want to know how YOUR direct line spelled his name, look for a
document where HE wrote it.
The WWI draft registration could be of help. Ask yourself, when looking
at the document, is the hand writing the same for the questions as it is
for the signature??? If different, take the spelling that HE did. How
about any cards or letters in the family?..
The other sources you mentioned are what 'someone else' wrote as his name.
He could not have filled out his own death certificate. The clerk could
have wrote his name for the marriage licence, etc. If he did not order his
grave marker HIMSELF, but someone else did it, the spelling and other
information could be wrong.
I would suggest to record 'on the top of his family group sheet' when you
find a different spelling, and where it appeared.
When you turn to the computer you then will have several ways of spelling
the name, to find him in other places---where someone else spelled his
name.. Many people do not know that "the person on the census did not
write his own name or spell it out to the enumerator'. The enumerator
wrote what they HEARD and did not check with the person being
interviewed.!!!
I have had my first and last name spelled differently by people, 'hearing
what I said' and it is now how "I" spell it.
Keep track of the family he comes from and where, to check if you have the
correct family. Sometimes when children got older they changed how they
spelled THEIR names. Brothers could have chosen different spelling. Even
different than their parents. Many reason, just find how your person
actually spelled this name and keep that for your research. Eventually you
will learn when the kids started using different spelling. Record that for
your records
Good luck
Susanne
(not SuZanne)
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I'm new to this list. Is there a source for a Michigan Marriage Index
orDeath Index?
I'm trying to establish the correct version of the surname for a Loren
Eugene Hudelson/Huddelson/Huddleston. He singed as Hudelson his
registration for the World War I draft, listing his DPOB as 1891 in Denver,
CO. There are records listing him as Huddleson for his marriage in
Muskegon, MI on 05 (or 08) Nov 1920. There also are records spelling his
name as Huddelson for his death in Grand Rapids, MI on 22 Mar 1930. His
parents are shown some places as Clarence Huddelson and Anna Felton. I've
not found any authoritative source for his surname, his lineage, or
his descendants.
Dave Hudelson
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