I think this went beyond Scottish naming customs. My GGG-grandfather and mother seem to have used the same system after marrying in 1797, and he was English and she was English or Irish. But I'd never thought of this as a way to figure out what my unknown GGGG- grandparents's first names were. Thanks for the clue! So now I'm looking for Fannie and Joshua GEORGE from VA where their son Reuben was born in 1776. Nancy Sween In a message dated 4/13/2007 7:58:33 PM Central Daylight Time, hughes1@decaturwb.com writes: >I believe this is it from what I can recollect: > > 1st son after the father's father > 2nd son after the mother's father > 3rd son after the father > 4th son after the father's (or mother's if the father doesn't have one) > eldest brother > 5th son after the mother's eldest brother > > 1st daughter after the father's mother > 2nd daughter after the mother's mother > 3rd daughter after the mother > 4th daughter after the father's eldest sister > 5th daughter after the mother's eldest sister > > Dianne ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Nancy, Here is a suggestion. Your GGG-mother could have been Scotts-Irish, as many of mine are. Thus she would have very likely had the custom handed down. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sftrail@aol.com> To: <ohbutler@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER] Scottis customs > > I think this went beyond Scottish naming customs. My GGG-grandfather and > mother seem to have used the same system after marrying in 1797, and he > was > English and she was English or Irish. > > But I'd never thought of this as a way to figure out what my unknown > GGGG- > grandparents's first names were. Thanks for the clue! So now I'm > looking > for > Fannie and Joshua GEORGE from VA where their son Reuben was born in 1776. > > Nancy Sween > > In a message dated 4/13/2007 7:58:33 PM Central Daylight Time, > hughes1@decaturwb.com writes: > >>I believe this is it from what I can recollect: >> >> 1st son after the father's father >> 2nd son after the mother's father >> 3rd son after the father >> 4th son after the father's (or mother's if the father doesn't have one) >> eldest brother >> 5th son after the mother's eldest brother >> >> 1st daughter after the father's mother >> 2nd daughter after the mother's mother >> 3rd daughter after the mother >> 4th daughter after the father's eldest sister >> 5th daughter after the mother's eldest sister >> >> Dianne > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Sftrail@aol.com wrote: > >I think this went beyond Scottish naming customs. My GGG-grandfather and >mother seem to have used the same system after marrying in 1797, and he was >English and she was English or Irish. > >But I'd never thought of this as a way to figure out what my unknown GGGG- >grandparents's first names were. Thanks for the clue! So now I'm looking >for >Fannie and Joshua GEORGE from VA where their son Reuben was born in 1776. > >Nancy Sween > >In a message dated 4/13/2007 7:58:33 PM Central Daylight Time, >hughes1@decaturwb.com writes: > > > >>I believe this is it from what I can recollect: >> >>1st son after the father's father >>2nd son after the mother's father >>3rd son after the father >>4th son after the father's (or mother's if the father doesn't have one) >>eldest brother >>5th son after the mother's eldest brother >> >>1st daughter after the father's mother >> 2nd daughter after the mother's mother >>3rd daughter after the mother >>4th daughter after the father's eldest sister >>5th daughter after the mother's eldest sister >> >> Dianne >> >> > > > > > > > >************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >__________ NOD32 2188 (20070414) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > > > The LDS Resource Guide for Scotland list the following as naming pattern: ** *Given NamesLook this term up in the glossary. <javascript:openglossary('0,', 'GeneralSearch', 'none', 'none', 'none', '*Given%20name*', 'Y', 'N')>* The Scottish, for the most part, had a naming pattern which can be seen in many families. The pattern generally went as follows: * The first son was named after the father’s father. * The second son after the mother’s father. * The third son after the father. * The first daughter after the mother’s mother. * The second daughter after the father’s mother. * The third daughter after the mother. Sometimes when a child died, the next child of that gender born into the family was given the same name as the deceased child. Occasionally two or more living children in the family were given the same given name. When they were christened, children were usually given one or two given names. This can be found at FamilySearch.org, Research Helps, Scotland, Scotland Research Outline.

I believe this is also a German custom. Germans also gave two names along with the surname: the first was the saint's name and the second one the given name. So Johannes Michael Koch was Michael Koch. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: <Sftrail@aol.com> To: <ohbutler@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER] Scottis customs > > I think this went beyond Scottish naming customs. My GGG-grandfather and > mother seem to have used the same system after marrying in 1797, and he > was > English and she was English or Irish. > > But I'd never thought of this as a way to figure out what my unknown > GGGG- > grandparents's first names were. Thanks for the clue! So now I'm > looking > for > Fannie and Joshua GEORGE from VA where their son Reuben was born in 1776. > > Nancy Sween > > In a message dated 4/13/2007 7:58:33 PM Central Daylight Time, > hughes1@decaturwb.com writes: > >>I believe this is it from what I can recollect: >> >> 1st son after the father's father >> 2nd son after the mother's father >> 3rd son after the father >> 4th son after the father's (or mother's if the father doesn't have one) >> eldest brother >> 5th son after the mother's eldest brother >> >> 1st daughter after the father's mother >> 2nd daughter after the mother's mother >> 3rd daughter after the mother >> 4th daughter after the father's eldest sister >> 5th daughter after the mother's eldest sister >> >> Dianne > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHBUTLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >