Not every family followed the traditional naming pattern. My father's family (Vaughan from Fermanagh) seems to have never named a child after anyone in the family. My great-great-grandfather was Christopher, and my great-grandfather James had no sons named Cristopher. My grandfather William had no sons named either James or Christopher, and no daughters named after his mother, and also no children named after his wife's parents. My father emigrated to the US and married my mother, who was from Tyrone and whose family used the traditional naming pattern. It was a topic on which my parents disagreed. My father refused to name the first two girls after any relative, but relented for the third girl; my mother grabbed her chance and named her after both grandmothers at once. The next child was a boy, and my mother wanted to make him a junior. My father absolutely refused. To protect my brother's privacy, let's say my father was Alexander and everyone called him Alex. My father said, "When he's young, everyone will call us Big Alex and Little Alex, and the boy will hate being called Little Alex. Then when he's grown, everyone will call us Old Alex and Young Alex, and I'M going to hate that." I've wondered if this reasoning was passed down through the generations. He relented when my mother promised that he would always be called Sandy. My brother has eight children, none named after any relative, nor are any of the others in the next generation. Il 01/giu/2015 09:00, <fermanagh-gold-request@rootsweb.com> ha scritto: > > > When replying to a Digest change the subject line & delete most of the > backquotes. > Supply *all* the information you can including Full Name, Religion, Dates > and Places. > * http://www.igp-web.com/fermanagh/Links.htm > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. first born names (Betty Jean moyle) > 2. Re: first born names (Allan & Kathy Lowe) > 3. Re: first born names (Tracy) > 4. Re: first born names (Viola Wiggins) > 5. Re: first born names (Betty Jean moyle) > 6. Re: first born names (Eilish) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:10:33 -0400 > From: "Betty Jean moyle" <bj1144@nexicom.net> > Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > To: <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <670B1FD8DBF8487CAF1C08DD931EC111@YOURC3A98CED96> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > My ancestor named his first born son, Lewis, born in 1826 in Ontario. The > family came here from Fermanagh in 1817. The name Lewis seems to have come > out of no where; it does not appear in subsequent Fallis families, nor have > I seen the name Lewis in Fermanagh records in that time period. > > The paternal grandfather of this child was named John; I do not have the > maternal grandmother's last name or parentage, but understand that she came > from Fermanagh. Lewis does not occur in the families of Lewis's aunts and > uncles, so I am assuming it was not the name of the maternal grandfather. > They were Methodists. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Was there a public figure living at the > time with the first name of Lewis? > > bj > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 08:37:46 -0700 > From: "Allan & Kathy Lowe" <allowe@telus.net> > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > To: "Betty Jean moyle" <bj1144@nexicom.net>, > <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <5A9166501B864E85B43A9B941E2EC7B5@Acer> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi Betty Jean > > The Fallis family in Ontario was associated with a Lipsett family, also > from > Fermanagh. The Lipsetts had quite a few Lewis Lipsetts in Ontario and in > the earlier Fermanagh generations. > > Kathy Lowe > > -----Original Message----- > From: Betty Jean moyle via > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2015 8:10 AM > To: fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > > My ancestor named his first born son, Lewis, born in 1826 in Ontario. The > family came here from Fermanagh in 1817. The name Lewis seems to have come > out of no where; it does not appear in subsequent Fallis families, nor have > I seen the name Lewis in Fermanagh records in that time period. > > The paternal grandfather of this child was named John; I do not have the > maternal grandmother's last name or parentage, but understand that she came > from Fermanagh. Lewis does not occur in the families of Lewis's aunts and > uncles, so I am assuming it was not the name of the maternal grandfather. > They were Methodists. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Was there a public figure living at the > time with the first name of Lewis? > > bj > > ================================== > > https://www.google.ie/ > ================================== > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 11:38:03 -0400 > From: Tracy <militarywife222@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > To: Betty Jean moyle <bj1144@nexicom.net>, > "fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com" <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP92DC3DC84DDD485ACA6F53FFB70@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Could he have been named after a neighbour/friend/someone who was very > helpful to the family after they came to Canada? > > > > > On May 31, 2015, at 11:10 AM, Betty Jean moyle via < > fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > My ancestor named his first born son, Lewis, born in 1826 in Ontario. > The family came here from Fermanagh in 1817. The name Lewis seems to have > come out of no where; it does not appear in subsequent Fallis families, nor > have I seen the name Lewis in Fermanagh records in that time period. > > > > The paternal grandfather of this child was named John; I do not have the > maternal grandmother's last name or parentage, but understand that she came > from Fermanagh. Lewis does not occur in the families of Lewis's aunts and > uncles, so I am assuming it was not the name of the maternal grandfather. > > They were Methodists. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Was there a public figure living at > the time with the first name of Lewis? > > > > bj > > > > ================================== > > > > https://www.google.ie/ > > ================================== > > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 17:55:34 +0100 > From: Viola Wiggins <vmaw3434@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > To: Tracy <militarywife222@hotmail.com>, " > fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com" > <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1A28ED89-0194-4601-AF14-3EE81AF4C238@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Lewis could be a surname. So there is perhaps a Lewis on the maternal side > of the family. > Or as other people suggested a respected friend. Who were the > Godparents/Sponsors at baptism? Have you the full name or is there a second > given name? > That might give you a clue. > Viola > > > >> > >> My ancestor named his first born son, Lewis, born in 1826 in Ontario. > The family came here from Fermanagh in 1817. The name Lewis seems to have > come out of no where; it does not appear in subsequent Fallis families, nor > have I seen the name Lewis in Fermanagh records in that time period. > >> > >> The paternal grandfather of this child was named John; I do not have > the maternal grandmother's last name or parentage, but understand that she > came from Fermanagh. Lewis does not occur in the families of Lewis's aunts > and uncles, so I am assuming it was not the name of the maternal > grandfather. > >> They were Methodists. > >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 13:01:41 -0400 > From: "Betty Jean moyle" <bj1144@nexicom.net> > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > To: "Viola Wiggins" <vmaw3434@gmail.com>, > <fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <2D78A56150BE47948334577E74B639A6@YOURC3A98CED96> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I only have what I reported, nothing further. > > Wish I could find the mother's family, but that may not happen! > > Thanks for your suggestions. > bj > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:36:12 +1000 > From: Eilish <eilish@pacific.net.au> > Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD first born names > To: Betty Jean moyle <bj1144@nexicom.net>, fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <556B8CDC.9060308@pacific.net.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Maybe they were impressed by Meriwether Lewis, but opted for Lewis???? > > On 1/06/2015 1:10 AM, Betty Jean moyle via wrote: > > My ancestor named his first born son, Lewis, born in 1826 in Ontario. > The family came here from Fermanagh in 1817. The name Lewis seems to have > come out of no where; it does not appear in subsequent Fallis families, nor > have I seen the name Lewis in Fermanagh records in that time period. > > > > The paternal grandfather of this child was named John; I do not have the > maternal grandmother's last name or parentage, but understand that she came > from Fermanagh. Lewis does not occur in the families of Lewis's aunts and > uncles, so I am assuming it was not the name of the maternal grandfather. > > They were Methodists. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Was there a public figure living at > the time with the first name of Lewis? > > > > bj > > > > ================================== > > > > https://www.google.ie/ > > ================================== > > http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FERMANAGH-GOLD list administrator, send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the FERMANAGH-GOLD mailing list, send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of FERMANAGH-GOLD Digest, Vol 10, Issue 203 > *********************************************** >