The only solution here is to do the family tree
That starts with getting his birth certificate and going back from there.
For those of you who don't know - and that is about all of you - I am the family genealogist. That means I am the one who went out and researched the family tree. NOT an easy thing to do - computers only go back so far and then you have to rely on written records as far back as you can find.
Worst thing is many scribes and record keepers were barely literate themselves and they wrote down what they heard.
"Aye yer reverence, the lad's to be called Willum." So the handy parish clerk wrote down any thing from William, Willim, Willum, Willm, Will to Wm. as the child's name.
Even better is the twists and turns surnames take through the years. Surname = your last name, family name.
One line has a name that started out as Almond and goes through Allman, Allmand, Allman (again), Allmon where it finally stops.
In olden times they went through naming patterns to keep the names alive in the family- remember first and last names were not always important or needed. That's where names like Johnson (John's son) came about Sometimes you may wonder why you got stuck with a middle name that seems ridiculous. Well you probably have an ancestor way back there who had a few bits of money and the family, to curry favor, named a child after the old dodger. Guess who got remembered in the will?
Enough - I can ramble on for a long time over this subject and most of you could give a rat's A$$ about it. Suffice to say, the only sure way to know it by obtaining the birth certificate and that is done through the county courthouse, or the state record office where the person was born. Department of Vital Statistics or summit!
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