This is wonderful new! do you mean that a woman would name her child for a Dead husband that was NOT the father? if so, you may have helped me answer a long and fruitless search! thanks -----Original Message----- From: D. Christian <daledana@flash.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com <GenTips-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 6:33 AM Subject: Re: NAMES..AREA'S OR ERA? >Karen, > >The naming pattern you mentioned for Scotland was also followed in Norway. Also, >they followed the naming pattern even if both people had the same name! It was >not unusual to have children who were living named the same name. I have found a >family who had 2 Ole Jensens, one born about 1786 and one born about 1795 both >alive in the 1801 Norwegian census. In addition, if a spouse was widowed and >remarried, the first child born to the new couple was named for the deceased >spouse. > >Dana Christian > >OmahaMom@aol.com wrote: > >> Naming customs may depend on the ethnic group doing the naming. Some have >> very specific patterns that are usually followed (there are always some that >> don't follow tradition). >> Just to give you an ethnic naming pattern, the one that was the typical >> pattern in Scotland: >> 1st son: dad's father >> 2nd son: mom's father >> 3rd son: dad, unless dad were named after his father. >> 1st daughter: mom's mother >> 2nd daughter: dad's mother >> 3rd daughter: mom >> >> While it isn't a 100% guarantee, it often gives good solid clues about the >> possible identity of the next generation back. Worth looking at--just in >> case. >> >> Usually, but not always, a second child in the family with the same name as an >> earlier child meant that the first child had died. >> >> Karen >> >> ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >> If you need to unsubscribe to GenTips email the command: >> unsubscribe >> To: >> GenTips-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >> DON'T send it to GenTips-L that won't work! > > > > >==== GenTips Mailing List ==== >To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net > > > >