G'day Folks, I wonder whether anyone knows of a particular naming pattern for children in earlier times. I ask because many of my families of interest left the naming of children for parents and grandparents to "later", ie, younger siblings. Any comments please? Bill Melbourne, Oz
Bill, Patterns in naming one's children are fraught with difficulty; much depended upon family tradition rather than a regional or national tradition. In SOME families, the tradition was first son named for paternal grandfather, 2nd son for father, later sons for paternal brothers. Other families would bring in the names of the wife's male relatives before the brothers. If such a tradition existed, it was further complicated by the demise of many infants and the renaming of subsequent children with those names, so they then become "out of order". Personally, (after 42 years of genealogical research), I place no credence on naming patterns, but note that some families have a propensity for sticking to the same small group of names. I may suggest that some children were named after close friends and neighbours as much as family which accounts for the odd unusual name that suddenly crops up. Hope this helps Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Billeye" <billeye@optusnet.com.au> To: <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:11 AM Subject: [HRT] Naming Patterns > G'day Folks, > > I wonder whether anyone knows of a particular naming pattern for > children in earlier times. > > I ask because many of my families of interest left the naming of > children for parents and grandparents to "later", ie, younger siblings. > > Any comments please? > > Bill > Melbourne, Oz > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.7.1 > http://www.iolo.com > _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.7.1 http://www.iolo.com