My Trails into the Past

I have two men in my family whose middle name is Cyril. My grandfather was William Cyril Hork, born in 1899 in Hamilton, Montana. My grandmother’s brother was John Cyril Sullivan, born in 1887 in Mitchell, Dakota Territory. Both men went by Cyril during periods of their lives. Technically, Cyril would not be their nickname, but certainly, it was their call name to their family. John Cyril Sullivan Cyril Sullivan played catcher for the St. Paul’s Church baseball team. [1] He was enumerated with his parents in Anaconda, Montana in 1900 as Cyril Sullivan. [2] He worked as a messenger for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. [3] He played third base for The West End Sluggers. [4] He attended a stag party of a friend Bert Milzner. [5] He was living with his family in 1910 as Cyril Sullivan. [6] However, he enlisted in the Army in 1917 as Jack C. Sullivan. All mentions of him use this name. [7] From then on, he used Jack C. Sullivan as his name until his death when his official name Joh...