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What about M, F, and P? Those are on there too. nm
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M and F are probably Male and Female, but P has me stumped . . . I'll have to think about that one. One possibility is that P is in fact a mis-transcribing of F.:-)
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Premature?? (nm)nm
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Person?Or it could be simply an initial--like Harry S Truman, whose parents couldn't decide between Samuel and another S name, so they comprimised by using just S. Harry usually wrote it "S.", but the birth certificate is without the period.You can find lots of other initials in those old popularities, like these, which are from the 1900s top 100 list:
J (35th)
W (61st)
C (75th)
A (83rd)
R (92nd)
E (94th)
H (97th)Miranda
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