

Rare names and secret societies
Okay, so I dabble occasionally in genealogy, everyone needs a hobby, right? But today I stumbled across something that really surprised me. Jenna E. Beadle is my 1st cousin three times removed. In her case, that means that her mother, Rebecca Beadle, was first cousins with Hattie Wordehoff, who is my great-grandmother. That wasn't so surprising. The thing that was surprising was the name. Jenna. Now Hattie (which was actually short for Harriet), that's a name I expect fr