There are records of at least two generations with males by the name of Whiteley Crowther in the same area. I believe that it was common practice for the first-born son to be given the forename of the mother's maiden name and sometimes the son of such a male would bear the same name. Hence, the first son of father A.B and mother C.D would bear the name of D.B as would the first son of D.B. ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [CROWTHER] Crowther and Normanton Date: 21 Feb 2006 13:30:49 -0700 This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Crowther, Whiteley, Normanton, Wade Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/gVQ.2ACEB/33.43.46 Message Board Post: Hi! These two surnames are different bits of my tree.. Sarah Crowther born 1804 in Sowerby married John Whiteley(born 1799, Sowerby) 1825 in Halifax they had 9 children ,and Susan (possibly Susannah) Normanton born 1823 in Sowerby married John Wade born c. 1824 sowerby. I know they had one child- Hannah Wade ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx