That was fast. THX everyone. >Return-Path: <jrcamas@liii.com> >X-URL: Email Service Powered By http://www.iName.com >X-NOSPAM: Report abuse of service to abuse@iname.com >Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 04:48:46 GMT >X-Sender: jrcamas@pop3.liii.com >To: ewsass@writeme.com >From: Jean Camas <jrcamas@liii.com> >Subject: TRADITIONAL NAMING PRACTICES > >Hi, Earl, > >Someone forwarded your query regarding Traditional Naming Patterns to one of >the lists I subscribe to. > >Here is what I copied straight from a URL. If you want to know the URL, >just contact me: > >aming traditions > >Our ancestors often used the following naming procedure when picking out a >name for a new child. >This explains why certain names are very common in a given family line. >Watching for these patterns >can help in your genealogy research. > > 1st son = father's father > 2nd son = mother's father > 3rd son = father > 4th son = father's oldest brother > 5th son = father's 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother > 1st daughter = mother's mother > 2nd daughter = father's mother > 3rd daughter = mother > 4th daughter = mother's oldest sister > 5th daughter = mother's 2nd oldest sister or father's oldest sister > > > >And are you the one who couldn't understand why a family would name a second >child the same name that already existed in a family? > >Particularly in the case of a first born son where they want him named after >the paternal grandfather --- whenever the first child died, they would name >another child after the paternal grandfather. > >That's the way it was explained to me in a genealogy class 18 years ago! > >I don't know if this is a German or an Irish custom, or whether it applied >to most everybody. > >Hope this helps. > >Jean in Long Island >jrcamas@liii.com > > >