In a message dated 1/26/2003 2:01:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, pennyg1@inreach.com writes: > In those days most men > named their first born son after themselves, and the second after the > wife's father. Of course, like everything else, there are exceptions, If my understanding is correct, this is not so among the Scots as in the case of my Gardner line. In that lineage, I believe the first born was named after the paternal grandfather and the second after themselves. Bob.

Naming Gardners. My family, obstinate to the nth degree, never followed that pattern as far back as I can go. And, as a matter of fact, most of my other lines went the same way---their way. So it's not cut and dreid as we wish it would be. Marilynn ----- Original Message ----- From: <REGardner1@aol.com> To: <GARDNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [GARDNER] Fleming County Gardners > In a message dated 1/26/2003 2:01:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, > pennyg1@inreach.com writes: > > > In those days most men > > named their first born son after themselves, and the second after the > > wife's father. Of course, like everything else, there are exceptions, > > If my understanding is correct, this is not so among the Scots as in the case > of my Gardner line. In that lineage, I believe the first born was named > after the paternal grandfather and the second after themselves. > > Bob. > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > I like newbies. Newbies are my friends. A newbie I haven't met yet > has the key to my elusive ancestor. Please don't insult or patronize > my friends on this list. -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >