In going back through material for a Casefile Clues article, I looked again at some pension papers on a relative. Her children were listed, including my great-grandmother. There great-grandma was listed with a middle name I had never seen anywhere else. For some reason, it had never "clicked" before that the name was different. Great-grandma was always "Fannie" on every document, except for Francis on her birth record. And the only middle name ever used was Iona. And there on the pension application for her mother was "Fannie May"
Or so I thought.
It actually said "Fannie May 16 1880" and was referring to her DATE of birth.
Be careful before jumping to a conclusion and getting a little too excited about locating something "new."
