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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Jennifer Piersol" <jenP_97 at y...> wrote:

> 
> My great great uncle's name was Clarence Commodore Spitznagle.  His 
> mother was a fan of Commodore Perry.  Of course, we just called him 
> Uncle Bus, which is almost as weird. ;)
> 
> Jen

My Dad has 4 sisters (one now deceased) who, in typical Catholic 
Dutch tradition in the 1920s, have 4 Christian names.  The 2 oldest 
are Bernadina Wilemina Maria Hubertina and Augusta Antoinetta Maria 
Hubertina.

Being Catholics, the use of Maria is obvious, and apparently St. 
Hubert is a Patron Saint against rabid dog bites.  Don't ask, I have 
no idea...

Fond as I am of my relatives, I am *so very grateful* that the 
tradition of naming children after aunts, uncles and grandparents was 
dropped for my generation!

Mary Ann...just 2 names, but perfectly happy with 'em!