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-----

When did "Juniors" become popular? On Jul 30, 2005, at 2:02 PM, Quint Hart wrote: > 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 >