[Marie]

I’ve wondered about this, too. But I’ve noticed that it is not just African-Americans who do this. I’ve no idea why Whites do this, but do African-Americans: make up names that they think sound good; really select ethnically correct names or is it a mixture of both? When did this trend start? I’ve spent a lot of time with old census records and it’s been my experience that on the old enumerations ‘Coloreds’ (the old term used, not mine. Don’t flame me, please!) had very traditonal names even decades after the Civil War and abolition. William, Charles, Anna, Mary, etc. While on the other hand, there were many Whites with odd names like: Jerusha, Barzilla, Telitha (these names are from my own family tree and belonged to Americans – born in America as opposed to immigrants). When did this change? Why? Thanks for any insight.

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Name : Marie, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 36, City : Jeffersonville, State : IN, Country : United States, Social class : Upper middle class,