And don't forget George Foreman and all his Georges On Jul 30, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Karen McMillan wrote: > I had one family that named 3 of their children John and one Jonathan! > We > did find records where the first John died before the second and the > second > before the third, etc. This was a German family and I know they always > wanted to follow the line. However, I haven't figured out where the > Jonathan came in when there was already a John who hadn't died yet. > However, again the first ones named John were born in Germany and the > Jonathan in the US after the family got here. Wonder it the family > decided > on Jonathan or if some one said that was the correct name for John. > That > happened with my friends son. Wanted to name him Rick or Rickie and > the > registrar said no not a proper name - had to be Richard! And that was > in > 1950! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Quint Hart [mailto:qhart@plmw.com] > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:02 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [Boyd] Scottish and Irish Boyds > > The Scots-Irish took the naming pattern one step further. 1st son > after > the fraternal grandfather, 2nd son after the maternal grandfather, > usually > the 3rd son after the father or favorite relative and the 4th son > after the > fraternal grandfather, again, if that 1st chid had died. Occasionally > you > will find some family not sticking to this pattern, but for the most > part > they did. > > Emalu > > At 10:36 AM 7/30/05 -0400, you wrote: >> Isn't that only true with the first and second son? If they had a >> third or >> fourth son who would they have been named after? I believe this was >> also >> true in the German lineages. >> Karen in FL. >> >> -----Original Message----- > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >