How Many Maytors? (Corrected on June 30)
Edited at 7:07 p.m. on Tuesday:
My cousin, Carey, is interested in just how many Maytor's are there and is her father (my uncle) really the IV?
Well, he is and he isn't. It all depends on how you want to count.
My uncle was born Maytor Charles McKinley. He is now Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley IV. How did he go from "Junior" to "IV?"
Try and follow this:
1) Mather (seen in bold in the post below) would eventually change his name to Maytor and eventually to Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley (taking his wife's maiden name).
2) His son, Maytor, would change his name to Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley as well (thus, in an odd way, staying as a "Junior" although he may never have been legally been known as such; the only conflicting evidence appears to be the 1920 Census of Ashland, WI that lists him as a "Jr."). He is listed as Maytor H. McKinley, Jr on his father's (my grandfather's) will.
3) His son (my uncle) would eventually have his name changed which would allow him to be Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley III (although I do not think he was ever legally known as such).
4) So how does he get to IV? My Dad, the product of the Maytor H. McKinley's first marriage was born and named Maytor as well. His name was changed after the divorce of his parents (note: his middle name was never Hoppenyan; he is listed in the 1930 cenus as Maytor John Hoppenyan II, and his father's will notes that his original name was Maytor John Hoppenyan; however, he was born as Maytor CHARLES Hoppenyan - thus, the middle name of John seems to have been made up for the purpose of the census for some odd reason, but in this family odd is normal). Thus, if you add my dad (now John McGeehan McKinley) to the Maytor count, then my uncle is Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley the fourth.
This certainly is not a traditional way of doing it since so many changes were made after the fact; but given the number of name changes (including the changing of the family name from Hoppenjan to Hoppenyan to McKinley) this creative way of counting seems to fit our family well!
My cousin, Carey, is interested in just how many Maytor's are there and is her father (my uncle) really the IV?
Well, he is and he isn't. It all depends on how you want to count.
My uncle was born Maytor Charles McKinley. He is now Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley IV. How did he go from "Junior" to "IV?"
Try and follow this:
1) Mather (seen in bold in the post below) would eventually change his name to Maytor and eventually to Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley (taking his wife's maiden name).
2) His son, Maytor, would change his name to Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley as well (thus, in an odd way, staying as a "Junior" although he may never have been legally been known as such; the only conflicting evidence appears to be the 1920 Census of Ashland, WI that lists him as a "Jr."). He is listed as Maytor H. McKinley, Jr on his father's (my grandfather's) will.
3) His son (my uncle) would eventually have his name changed which would allow him to be Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley III (although I do not think he was ever legally known as such).
4) So how does he get to IV? My Dad, the product of the Maytor H. McKinley's first marriage was born and named Maytor as well. His name was changed after the divorce of his parents (note: his middle name was never Hoppenyan; he is listed in the 1930 cenus as Maytor John Hoppenyan II, and his father's will notes that his original name was Maytor John Hoppenyan; however, he was born as Maytor CHARLES Hoppenyan - thus, the middle name of John seems to have been made up for the purpose of the census for some odd reason, but in this family odd is normal). Thus, if you add my dad (now John McGeehan McKinley) to the Maytor count, then my uncle is Maytor Hoppenyan McKinley the fourth.
This certainly is not a traditional way of doing it since so many changes were made after the fact; but given the number of name changes (including the changing of the family name from Hoppenjan to Hoppenyan to McKinley) this creative way of counting seems to fit our family well!
posted by Matthew J. McKinley | 9:41 AM
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