From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 89f48ec5 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 17:18:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 92F419B781; Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:18:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 534DE93DBE; Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:18:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6C6EA93DBE; Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:18:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-3.mxes.net (smtp-out-3.mxes.net [198.205.123.68]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0745C93D59 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2019 03:18:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC8FE2739B; Thu, 28 Nov 2019 12:18:08 -0500 (EST) From: To: "'Finn O'Leary'" , References: <1f8101d5a60f$857d2870$90777950$@ronnatalie.com> In-Reply-To: <1f8101d5a60f$857d2870$90777950$@ronnatalie.com> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 12:18:08 -0500 Message-ID: <1f8301d5a60f$ce241890$6a6c49b0$@ronnatalie.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQJHjZUuozq6CUrvwChOuYkQ6Nag0wIioCKtAjR8408B8d39UKaKvHYg Content-Language: en-us X-Sent-To: Subject: Re: [TUHS] In Memoriam: J.F.Ossanna X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Just to follow up, I found JF in the 1940 census records. He indeed was Joseph Frank Ossanna, Jr. > -----Original Message----- > From: TUHS On Behalf Of > ron@ronnatalie.com > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 12:16 PM > To: 'Finn O'Leary' ; tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org > Subject: Re: [TUHS] In Memoriam: J.F.Ossanna > > I've done some searching through newspaper archives and various > Ancestry.com-indexed databases. I haven't found any use of a middle > name > spelled out, always F. I even have an image of his draft card and it just > reads "Joseph F. Ossanna, Jr." > > However, digging a little deeper finds that his father went by the name > "Joseph FRANK Ossanna" so it's quite likely that this was the son's middle > name (since he was a "junior"). I suspect he might have avoided spelling > out Frank because people would have difficulty undersding it wasn't short for > Francis or something. > >