I don't know; this was an article that I picked up from the Spencer, Indiana Genealogy Library. It was meant to be 'interesting' - not Gospel. Thanks, Nancee norma willoughby wrote: > > Does this hold for other nationalities??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert" <iggy29@scican.net> > To: <Missouri-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: [MO] German naming patterns > > > NAMING PATTERNS > > > > The lst son was usually named after the father's father. > > The 2nd son was usually named after the mother's father. > > The 3rd son was usually named after the father. > > The 4th son was usually named after the father's eldest brother. > > The 5th son was usually named after the mother's eldest brother. > > The lst daughter was usually named after the mother's mother. > > The 2nd daughter was usually named after the father's mother. > > The 3rd daughter was usually named after the mother. > > The 4th daughter was usually named after the mother's eldest sister. > > The 5th daughter was usually named after the father's eldest sister. > > > > (From Antique Week Publication) > > > > This pattern was not always followed exactly, but most would usually > > keep the pattern for the lst 3 children. If there was a name that was > > found in every generation, then somewhere in their children, you will > > surely find these names. If one is stuck on finding parents for an > > ancestor, try this pattern to give a suggestion as to a name to search > > for. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To add a note of my own: My husband was born to a German Catholic family > > and he was the l5th of l7 children--He was named after his father, as > > they thought he was going to be the last child. His mother used family > > ancestors names as middle names for all of the children. > > Regards, Nancee 'List Administrator' Decatur County, Iowa GenWeb > > > > Beverly Gardner wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone on the list have information on the naming patterns for > German > > > families? I've seen this somewhere and can't find it now. It had > > > something to do with the first born male being named with the father's > > > fathers name and mother's fathers name or something to that effect. > > > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Bev Gardner > > > Proud Mom of a United States Marine > > > > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > > > No Roll Calls on the list: please subscribe to and use > > > MO-ROLLCALL-L instead. > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > > > Browse the Missouri-L archives: > > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Missouri > > > > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > > To subscribe to MO-ROLLCALL-L: send a message containing > > only the word "subscribe" to > > MO-ROLLCALL-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.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 > > > > > > ============================== > > Browse the Missouri-L archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/Missouri > > > > > > > > ==== Missouri Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from *list* mode, send a message to > missouri-L-request@rootsweb.com containing only the word > "unsubscribe". > > ============================== > 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 > > ============================== > Search the Missouri-L archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=Missouri