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From: "Stanley W. Cowan" <>
Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Jr and SR...
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 12:10:50 -0500
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I've heard that this was sometimes the case--that Sr. and Jr. might be
grandfather and grandson, uncle and nephew, or simply unrelated--but I've
never actually come across such a case. Stan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
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Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:27 AM
Subject: [PaOldC] Jr and SR...


> Had this from a list member......good points to consider....I've not run
into Jrs that were unrelated to others of that name; the ones I'm familiar
with were within the same family, although not necessarily father and
son.....
>
> "I hadn't thought about it before but the practice of using Jr with female
> names may have been Quaker - I have run into it in North Carolina,
> Tennessee, and Indiana - but they were Quaker families that I noticed it
> in. And people who were Sr and Jr were not necessarily father and son
> which is a trap for genealogists. As the population increased and similar
> names appeared in an area - older people were called Sr and younger were
> called Jr though they might not be related at all but just had the same
> names. It was just a way of referencing which person one was talking
> about. "
>
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