Comments on Aurelia Elzina (Ballou) Evans

Question

On 17 Jan 2024 James Evans wrote on Ballou-1168:

Aurelia Elzina is listed as "Elzina Aurelia" in the book of Ballous in America: 5702—1. Elzina Aurelia, b. in E. Hamburg:, N. Y., May 5, 1840; m. Wm. Evans. How do we handle these situations within WikiTree? Perhaps we could have a field for Alternate Names? I don't think we want to use the "Nickname" field, do we?

Comments

Hi James. It's possible the book is just wrong. But if there is evidence that she was born as Aurelia Elzina but used Elzina as her main name, I would put Aurelia in Proper First Name, Elzina in Middle Name, and Elzina in Preferred Name.