Good morning, Someone on the Eng-Liverpool List just posted the "Irish Naming Patterns," which probably are very similar to the naming patterns in many countries. IF "my" KERR's and HENDERSON's followed through with these "naming patterns," then the couples we're looking for who were having children in County Sligo (or a bordering County) in the 1785 to 1805 timeframe would have been: William and Mary (?) KERR William and Sarah (?) KERR James and Mary (?) KERR Adam (or James) and Jane (?) KERR and Samuel and Elizabeth (?) HENDERSON John and Sarah (?) HENDERSON This is based on information obtained from John METCALF's web site. (I posted a longer posting describing how I arrived at these "guesses" on the KERR and HENDERSON Lists.) Perhaps if we all use the following "naming pattern," for the people we are researching, we can come up with more "possible conclusions." The 1st 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 1st 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 Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) FYI: Based on my "figuring out" this morning, it seems possible that Mrs. Mary (KERR) HENDERSON and Mrs. Elizabeth (KERR?) KERR were sisters, and both possibly married in Sligo, Sligo, Ireland (~1812 and ~1815). And, John KERR might have been their younger brother. Patrick KERR, Elizabeth's husband, might have been a cousin. And, the Elizabeth KERR who traveled to Canada as a single woman might have been a cousin, instead of a sibling. And, William and Samuel HENDERSON were brothers (b1780's), and probably the younger Ann (HENDERSON) KERR was a cousin. Note: Based on the "naming patterns," it is possible that .both. William and Samuel had a son, Samuel, who were both born in Ireland between 1805 and 1815. So, that might account for a Samuel HENDERSON in Quebec Province and a Samuel HENDERSON in Ontario Province (both approx. same age) early on. Likewise, Samuel and Catherine HENDERSON's first or second daughter might have been Elizabeth HENDERSON. (So far I only know about their two younger children, William and Jane HENDERSON (b1830's?). We don't know the names of the children born to them from 1810 to 1830.) Don't forget that, based on the "naming patterns," Samuel would have been the older brother, and thus possibly married around 1805-1810, whereas William probably married around 1812. Note: I found Samuel and Mary Ann HENDERSON still living in Gore / Argenteuil in the 1881 Census. (I believe this is William's son, with his second wife.)