For generations, my family has pronounced the name 'Alva' as 'Al • v' . I was named after my father who got the first part of his name from his Grand-Uncle, H. Alva Murdock. H. Alva never used the H. which was also his father's name. I asked my Grandmother about the pronunciation. Is it affectionate, as in, someone named Thomas might be called Tommy or is it a distinction held over from a bygone time and place? She said that she didn't know the origin of the name. H. Alva's parents had a lot of children so they were probably pulling names out of a hat but H. Alva continued to used this particular pronunciation throughout his adulthood and we will continue to do so for your father and for you too, if you choose. Well, I choose!

My geneological interests are with any Zink, Graeff, Campbell, Evans, McCrom, Louis, Boucher, Pyle (Pile), Karleskind, Baseden, King, or Heiple of Illinois as well as any Jensen, Murdock, Lord, Whiting, Petersen, Burdick, Kelsey, Baker, Hulett, Allen, or Pope of Minnesota.

For generations, my family has pronounced the name 'Alva' as 'Al • v' . I was named after my father who got the first part of his name from his Grand-Uncle, H. Alva Murdock. H. Alva never used the H. which was also his father's name. I asked my Grandmother about the pronunciation. Is it affectionate, as in, someone named Thomas might be called Tommy or is it a distinction held over from a bygone time and place? She said that she didn't know the origin of the name. H. Alva's parents had a lot of children so they were probably pulling names out of a hat but H. Alva continued to used this particular pronunciation throughout his adulthood and we will continue to do so for your father and for you too, if you choose. Well, I choose!

My geneological interests are with any Zink, Graeff, Campbell, Evans, McCrom, Louis, Boucher, Pyle (Pile), Karleskind, Baseden, King, or Heiple of Illinois as well as any Jensen, Murdock, Lord, Whiting, Petersen, Burdick, Kelsey, Baker, Hulett, Allen, or Pope of Minnesota.