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Naming Patterns
SONS:
| First: | named for his paternal grandfather |
| Second: | named for his maternal grandfather |
| Third: | named after father or father's paternal grandfather |
| Fourth: | named after father's oldest brother or mother's paternal grandfather |
| Fifth: | named after mother's eldest brother or father's maternal grandfather |
| Sixth: | named after father's second oldest brother or for mother's maternal grandfather |
DAUGHTERS:
| First: | named for her maternal grandmother |
| Second: | named for her paternal grandmother |
| Third: | named after mother or for mother's maternal grandmother |
| Fourth: | named after mother's oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother |
| Fifth: | named after father's eldest sister or for mother's paternal grandmother |
| 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.
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