This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7D09FC77BC2C9EE7DA6186EE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Jan and other Dunsmoor seekers, I'm forwarding this to you. Irish also seem to be the same pattern. Some of my family didn't follow this. Pam -- Pam Thomson http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ Town Square Network --------------7D09FC77BC2C9EE7DA6186EE Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:42:41 -0800 From: Pam Thomson <[email protected]> Organization: N. W. S. S. / Town Square Network X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04C-SYMPA (Macintosh; U; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Anderson <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Naming Patterns References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sure, Steve, Here they are: English naming patterns used from about 1700-1875. The first son was named after the father's father. The second son was named after the mother's father. The third son was named after the father. The fourth son was named after the father's eldest brother. The first daughter was named after the mother's mother. The second daughter was named after the father's mother. The third daughter was named after the mother. The fourth daughter was named after the mother's eldest sister. Except where names would be duplicated, this pattern was frequently used. Also, if a child died, they might reuse the name. I also received this today and another person is looking up an alternate system for me as my Orkney Island people haven't followed this pattern completely. Scottish naming tradition: 1st son---------father's father 2nd son---------mother's father 3rd son---------father 4th son---------father's oldest brother 5th son---------father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother 1st dau---------mother's mother 2nd dau---------father's mother 3rd dau---------mother 4th dau---------mother's oldest sister 5th dau---------mother's second oldest sister or father's oldest sister I also found some good information on > http://members.aol.com/Tuffsearch/nametraditions.html > Hope this helps,Pam Steve Anderson wrote: > Pam, > Would you mind passing along the contents of English naming patterns? > I would be interested, and it is relevant. > Regards, Steve Anderson > > ---------- > From: Pam Thomson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Naming Patterns > Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 11:19 AM > > I have a book which outlines English naming patterns in the 17 and > 1800s. Can > anyone tell me what the usual order for naming children in Scotland > was at that > time? e.g. was the first son usually named after the father? > -- > Pam Thomson > http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ > Town Square Network > > ______________________________ -- Pam Thomson http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/ Town Square Network --------------7D09FC77BC2C9EE7DA6186EE--