We have found that many times families named the child that came along following the death of an infant was given the same name as the one that died. Sometimes a child was named for an older child that had died - say at 9 or 10. Karl Rice At 05:17 PM 7/30/2008, you wrote: >Correction - I just noticed on Larry Sumpters Database of Randolph >co Deaths the following listing: >Herron, Raymond -- d. 27 Oct 1891 of diphtheria, [adopted s\o John >C. Herron] = OB HN 31 Oct 1891 > >It seems strange that they would have named the adopted child >Raymond, if they also had a new born child named Albert Raymond, the >one that died in 1976. It is a shame that the article referenced by >this listing didn't include a birth date for Raymond who died in >1891. As I proceed throught the Huntsville Herald, I'll keep an eye >out for another article regarding the Raymond that died in 1891, to >ascertain that he was the adopted son. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MORANDOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message