Sons:

1. First: named for his paternal grandfather
2. Second: named for his maternal grandfather
3. Third: named after father or father's paternal grandfather
4. Fourth: named after father's oldest brother or mother's paternal grandfather
5. Fifth: named after mother's eldest brother or father's maternal grandfather
6. Sixth: named after father's second oldest brother or for mother's maternal grandfather

Daughters:

1. First: named for her maternal grandmother
2. Second: named for her paternal grandmother
3. Third: named after mother or for mother's maternal grandmother
4. Fourth: named after mother's oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother
5. Fifth: named after father's eldest sister or for mother's paternal grandmother
6. Sixth: named after mother's second oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother

Note: 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 fo rthe mother. Another child was commonly named for a child who had died within the family.