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From: Shirley Hornbeck <>
Subject: This and That Genealogy Tips
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 04:54:44 -0700



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.

More tips at my This and That Genealogy Tip page.


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