This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: O'Donnell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oI4.2ACIB/838 Message Board Post: If a child dies on a "coffin" ship was it normal to name a child born in the U.S. (or other country) after the child that died? Thank you, Kathleen kgrone@yahoo.com