My best friends last name is McAlpine.
Amazing about your grandfather’s exact surname being the only one. Almost unheard of, huh?
Going to run to the store.
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He dropped the last letter that Ellis Island put on his surname
Then after he married - most kept that surname
Eventually it was again shortened
Some names can be quite difficult to pronounce or recall or spell properly if written down when heard on the phone
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McAlpine - I have heard that surname before
It is not on the Whipple.org genweb site
But that does not mean it could not be - You have to email the genweb webmaster with known related family links and names - then it will quickly be posted there if it is correct
Some famous names connected to the Mayflower ship and colony:
Marilyn Monroe
Humphrey Bogart
Richard Nixon
Not included:
John F Kerry
Edward Kennedy
Barack Hussein Obama Junior
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid