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Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Jr and SR...
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 15:04:24 EST


I have an example from my, non-Quaker, Kentucky ancestors. Nathan Lawson Jr.
was the grandson of nearby Nathan Lawson Sr. His uncle, also called Nathan
Lawson Jr., had moved to Missouri many years before, so the 'Jr' was
available.

John

> 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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