From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Jan 27 16:04:25 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0RN4PjI004335; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:04:25 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0RN4H9o031016 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:04:17 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0RKaUFI025861 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:36:30 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k0RKaUXj025860 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:36:30 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k0RJX3FI025712 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:33:03 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k0RM0eJ4030175 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:00:40 -0700 X-Envelope-From: hornbeck@s-hornbeck.com Fri Jan 27 15:00:40 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k0RM0ejI030166 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:00:40 -0700 Received: from smtp014.mail.yahoo.com (smtp014.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.58]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k0RM0aZG032585 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:00:37 -0700 Received: (qmail 90329 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2006 22:00:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shirley-.s-hornbeck.com) (shirleyhornbeck@sbcglobal.net@69.110.214.237 with login) by smtp014.mail.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 2006 22:00:35 -0000 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20060127135105.043c5010@pop.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:51:54 -0800 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Shirley Hornbeck Cc: hornbeck@s-hornbeck.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Naming Patterns 19th Century Naming Patterns: First son: named for his paternal grandfather. Second son: named for his maternal grandfather. Third son: named after father or father's paternal grandfather. Fourth son: named after father's oldest brother or mother's paternal grandfather. Fifth son: named after mother's eldest brother or father's material grandfather. Sixth son: named after father's second oldest brother or for mother's maternal grandfather. First dau: named for maternal grandmother. Second dau: named for her paternal grandmother. Third dau: named after mother or for mother's maternal grandmother. Fourth dau: named after mother's oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother. Fifth dau: named after father's eldest sister or for mother's paternal grandmother. Sixth dau: named after mother's second oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother. With people being what they are, there were all sorts of variations, some covered by rules and some by family decision. It was customary to name the next daughter/son born within a second marriage for the deceased husband/wife. If a father died before his child was born, the child was often named for him. If a mother died in childbirth, that child, if a girl, was usually named for the mother. Another child was commonly named for a child who had died within the family. DUTCH NAMING PATTERNS: The custom was that the lst son be named for paternal grandfather; 2nd son named for his maternal grandfather; lst daughter for her maternal grandmother; 2nd daughter for her paternal grandmother. If 4 children were born then all 4 grandparents are known. More tips at my This and That Genealogy Tips page in my signature below. Shirley Hornbeck THIS & THAT GENEALOGY TIPS: THIS AND THAT GENEALOGY TIPS :