Alexander Graham Bell's genealogy

kkg67550 · #1 Sep 28, 2007, 10:26 AM

Does anyone know where name GRAHAM came from, in Alexander Graham Bell's name? Someone said that it came from his grandfather, but I cannot locate this information.

RickJ · Sep 28, 2007, 12:29 PM

Check the links at the bottom of this page. There is much about the genealogy of AGB on the net too, including at the Library of Congress site online.

shygrneyzs · Sep 28, 2007, 02:10 PM

Look through this Google page on Alexander Graham Bell:
alexander graham bell+genealogy - Google Search

Edit: This from Wikpedia - "At age ten, he made a plea to his father to have a middle name like his two brothers.[12] For his 11th birthday, his father acquiesced and allowed him to adopt the middle name "Graham" chosen out of admiration for Alexander Graham, a Canadian being treated by his father and boarder who had become a family friend.[13] To close relatives and friends he remained "Aleck" which his father continued to call him into later life.[14]"
full article here - Alexander Graham Bell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



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