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Naming conventions There are often complaints that WW1 Africa lists only record black Africans with their first name and village. At the time this was how people knew each other - John from x. The origin of white names with first and surnames originated in similar fashion many years previously -…

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Naming conventions There are often complaints that WW1 Africa lists only record black Africans with their first name and village. At the time this was how people knew each other - John from x. The origin of white names with first and surnames originated in similar fashion many years previously - Johnson being John's son, John Carpenter's early family members most likely carpenters. https://thesamsonsedhistorian.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/naming-conventions/