Names From the Pages of "Who's Who in America 1904"

GIRLS


Dalinda -a woman from Buenos Aires


 
BOYS


Alba

Barnet

Bela - Bela Pratt was a sculptor, born in Connecticutt.

Butler - he seems to have gotten his first name from his father, whose middle name was Butler

Eltweed

Epifanio

Fitz-John

Hazen

Howell

Le Gage

Marsden

Mott

Rice 

Sedgwick

Treneo -a man from Buenos Aires

Van Dearing 

Waldron

Warley 

Young - this man appears to have been known by his initials, Y.J., but Young was his given name.

Sunday's Set of Names

GIRLS

Alfaretta -one possibility is listed in a Wikipedia article on the town of Alpharetta, Georgia, which was named for a fictitious Indian girl named Alfarata. The article also considers the Greek letter alpha a possible source for the name. Another possibility is a nickname or endearment for the name Alva or Alba or even Elva.

Elmah -

Gertru - I came across this doing genealogy and it was specified that the woman's name was Gertru NOT Gertrude. I am curious about this.

Sedellia -

Sitnah -

Tacy -


BOYS

Alanson -

Beedy -

Lynch - 

Morrison -

Neri -