The main reason most of them renamed a new child was the naming customs back then. If say their first son was named William for the grandfather and the child died in infancy they would name the next boy child for the father. Also applies for girls. Most also liked the names. My mother named her first son for the grandfather, the second son for the other grandfathers, me for her sister, and she told everyone when my sister was born she finally got to pick her own name for her. A lot of good that did. When my sister became an adult she changed her first name. Jean Payton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: [NEWGEN] Family Tree Maker 8.0 > Just want to thank everyone for coming to my rescue with my "problem" of > double dating. I have it resolved. I now wonder if anyone can tell me why > people renamed their child the name of a former child that had died. In one > of my family lines there was a daughter they named Deborah born in 1711 and > she died that year, then they had a daughter in 1721 and named her Deborah. > The same family had a son in 1720 named Samuel and he died the end of > December 1724, meanwhile they had a son the beginning of December 1724 and > named him Samuel. I just would never name two of my children the same name > even if one had died. > > Kathy Palmer > > > ==== NEWGEN Mailing List ==== > DON'T FORGET TO USE THE WORDS "THANK YOU" WHEN SOMEONE HAS DONE > YOU A FAVOR....ALSO WHEN SOMEONE HAS TRIED TO BE HELPFUL. > >