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

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 > > >