I believe you misunderstood. First, third, whatever daughter applies to that marriage. Not a previous marriage. All naming patterns apply to that marriage. Not previous marriages, although names used in previous marriages tend to end the use of naming patterns in later marriages. Although I have heard of one gent, married three times but not widowed, named the first born of each marriage after himself. I've often wondered if each wife knew about the previous childrens names. Christine Graham <cggraham@hotmail.com> wrote: I wonder how many second wives actually let their husbands name their first born daughter after his first wife? :) -Christine Ayers >X-Message: #2 >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 08:40:06 -0500 >From: "Todd ONeill" >To: IRL-CAVAN-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <00dd01c4126e$af7094f0$03c8a8c0@Manager> >Subject: Re: [IRL-CAVAN] Given names >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >IRISH NAMING PATTERNS > > >There was more than tradition involved in naming Irish children. There >was a "British Isles Naming Convention" of the late 1500 to 1850 that >suggested naming them as follows: > > >First son named for Father's father. >Second son named for Mother's father >Third son named for Father. >Fourth son named for Father's eldest brother. > > >First daughter named for Mother's mother. >Second daughter named for Father's mother. >Third daughter named for Mother. >Fourth daughter named for Mother's eldest sister >Second wife's oldest daughter named for the first wife. _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage. Multiple plans available. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ==== IRL-CAVAN Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list click on mailto:IRL-CAVAN-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (list mode) or mailto:IRL-CAVAN-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe (digest mode)