If your ancestor’s “middle” name was a common last name, is it possible that the middle name got used by a records clerk as a last name. My Hinrich Jacobs Fecht uses the last name of Fecht on every record in the United States–except the 1870 census where he is Henry Jacobs. Jurgen Ehmen Tonjes occasionally is referred to as Jurgen Ehmen.
Isaac Rucker Tinsley could easily be listed in one record or more as Isaac Rucker.
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