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Neil Dowie

Cousins Names

Legg inn av Neil Dowie » 19 jun 2007 10:47:53

I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with the
same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is Fife,
Scotland. Date c 1770.

Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close geographical
home locations make it more likely that in such circumstances all the
children born to William & George would have different names?

Please let me know your thoughts or examples from your own ancestry.

For those researching Scottish Ancestry I am particularly interested in
early Dowie's and maintain my own geneological website at http://www.dowie.org

Thank you

Neil

Jim Elbrecht

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Jim Elbrecht » 19 jun 2007 12:34:14

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:47:53 +0100, "Neil Dowie"
<neildowie@hotmail.com> wrote:
-snip-
Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

Can't say for Scotland, but in the US- I think it was one of my New
England surnames, but not my family [and it was after 1850 or so as I
was looking at succeeding censuses] two brothers or cousins in the
same town had 5 children. The first four of each shared the same
names. #5 was different. The only saving grace was a different birth
order for the sexes.

As children it didn't seem to make any difference. As adults, the
later same-named individual in the same town would be known as "Joe
Smith 2nd, 3rd, etc". Sometimes they were related- sometimes not.

Jim

Drew Lawson

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Drew Lawson » 19 jun 2007 15:05:04

In article <FrSdnSa0hvHYO-rbnZ2dnUVZ8tmhnZ2d@bt.com>
"Neil Dowie" <neildowie@hotmail.com> writes:
I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with the
same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is Fife,
Scotland. Date c 1770.

Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close geographical
home locations make it more likely that in such circumstances all the
children born to William & George would have different names?

If only that were the case, then it would be a lot easier to tell
who is who. My own Scotish ancestors about that time seem to have
about the same names in every nuclear family. It's as if the law
required you to use John, James and Robert before you could try
anything else. Most of the girls are Maragret, Mary, Elizabeth or
Jeanie.

This overlap is probably a large part of why there are so many
nicknames that have no relation to given names. When the house has
4 Roberts in various generations, Rob and Bob don't go far enough
to distinguish one from another.

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Alida Spry

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Alida Spry » 19 jun 2007 15:19:51

"Neil Dowie" <neildowie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with
the same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is
Fife, Scotland. Date c 1770.

Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close
geographical home locations make it more likely that in such circumstances
all the children born to William & George would have different names?

Please let me know your thoughts or examples from your own ancestry.

For those researching Scottish Ancestry I am particularly interested in
early Dowie's and maintain my own geneological website at http://www.dowie.org

Thank you

Neil


I'm not Scottish but in my father's family, which was Ukrainian, they

continued to use the same names over and over. My father was Stephen, his
uncle was Stephen, he had a cousin (born only about a week after him) who
was also named Stephen. When my brother was born, all of my dad's relatives
were telling him to name him Stephen (which he absolutely refused by the
way).

The other male names most commonly used were Theodore, Michael and John and
the female names were Mary, Ann and Katherine. Of course, I'm giving the
anglicized versions here. The true Ukrainian names do have lots of
diminutives or nicknames which helped to differentiate one from the other.

Alida

Lesley Robertson

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 19 jun 2007 15:53:44

"Neil Dowie" <neildowie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with
the same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is
Fife, Scotland. Date c 1770.

And here you have to be very careful. Just because they have the same
surname, that doesn't prove that they are related at all. In many cases they
are, but there's big traps waiting for those who take it for granted. In my
1 place study of a scottish parish, I have 2 families of the same, not
terribly common, surname on the same farm in the same census. Much to my
surprise, I can't find any relationship between them at all.
Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

Common.


For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close
geographical home locations make it more likely that in such circumstances
all the children born to William & George would have different names?

Like any rule, it's not 100% - there were always some people who rebelled,
and there always seems to be a child or two missing fropm the baptism
registers so that the patterns don't seem to work, but many people stuck
firmly to the rule that the first son was named for the father's father, the
second for the mother's father, then the grandfathers, etc. Girls started
with the mother's mother. Another exception I've seen was if someone died
just before a birth - the next child would be named for them out of turn.
Children might also be named after the landlord, the medics, the Minister or
(as with 2 of my great Uncles) an employer.
I know of quite a few families where not only did every brother of a family
call the eldest son for their father (resulting in 7 little James over a 10
year spread) but one family had a maternal grandfather also called James -
and that couple named both sons 1 and 2 James!
Lesley Robertson

Neil Dowie

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Neil Dowie » 19 jun 2007 18:49:24

Great
Thanks to everyone but particularly Lesley who's explanations I'm sure many
will find useful, frustrating and just plain funny.


Neil

neildowie@hotmail.com
"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
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"Neil Dowie" <neildowie@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with
the same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is
Fife, Scotland. Date c 1770.

And here you have to be very careful. Just because they have the same
surname, that doesn't prove that they are related at all. In many cases
they are, but there's big traps waiting for those who take it for granted.
In my 1 place study of a scottish parish, I have 2 families of the same,
not terribly common, surname on the same farm in the same census. Much to
my surprise, I can't find any relationship between them at all.

Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own
children with the same names?

Common.

For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close
geographical home locations make it more likely that in such
circumstances all the children born to William & George would have
different names?

Like any rule, it's not 100% - there were always some people who rebelled,
and there always seems to be a child or two missing fropm the baptism
registers so that the patterns don't seem to work, but many people stuck
firmly to the rule that the first son was named for the father's father,
the second for the mother's father, then the grandfathers, etc. Girls
started with the mother's mother. Another exception I've seen was if
someone died just before a birth - the next child would be named for them
out of turn. Children might also be named after the landlord, the medics,
the Minister or (as with 2 of my great Uncles) an employer.
I know of quite a few families where not only did every brother of a
family call the eldest son for their father (resulting in 7 little James
over a 10 year spread) but one family had a maternal grandfather also
called James - and that couple named both sons 1 and 2 James!
Lesley Robertson


The Bensham Cunt

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av The Bensham Cunt » 20 jun 2007 08:38:04

On Jun 19, 7:47 pm, "Neil Dowie" <neildo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with the
same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is Fife,
Scotland. Date c 1770.

Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close geographical
home locations make it more likely that in such circumstances all the
children born to William & George would have different names?

Please let me know your thoughts or examples from your own ancestry.

For those researching Scottish Ancestry I am particularly interested in
early Dowie's and maintain my own geneological website atwww.dowie.org

Thank you

Neil

Hello Neil.

I have the middle name Mapp, which has been in the family for 8
generations since Clive of India's time. We are originally from the
Eastend of London, then Kolkata before heading west to Mumbai. I have
12 first cousins all with the middle name Mapp. It comes from my
paternal great-great-great-great-great grandfather a James Henry Mapp.

The Bensham Cunt

Laurieb

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Laurieb » 20 jun 2007 15:33:33

On Jun 19, 5:47 am, "Neil Dowie" <neildo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Neil what a great question. I have found 5 Jonahs and 4 Jesses
"Strickland" listed in CT. My Jesse (CT born, NY lived)) has had his
history intermixed with another Jesse (CT born & lived). This was
discovered in 2004 with the end results of 30 yrs. research invalid
for a family researcher. Luckly I found his info confusing from the
beginning and took none of his info for granted as one never should
anyway.
I love a good mystery.
Laurie

I am trying to work out the possible relationships between families with the
same surname who lived comtemporarily in the same parish. Location is Fife,
Scotland. Date c 1770.

Would it be common or unlikely that brothers would name there own children
with the same names?

For instance: would two brothers - say William & George each name a son
after there own father William ? - or would the on going close geographical
home locations make it more likely that in such circumstances all the
children born to William & George would have different names?

Please let me know your thoughts or examples from your own ancestry.

For those researching Scottish Ancestry I am particularly interested in
early Dowie's and maintain my own geneological website atwww.dowie.org

Thank you

Neil

Gjest

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Gjest » 23 jun 2007 11:58:18

Neil, you are aware of the Scots naming patterns - ? I have a lot of
Scots ancestors, and this pattern is often followed, or variations on
the same theme. Frequently when its not followed, a child has died.
They didn't seem to worry about using names over and over again -
unlike today, where your cousin might glare at you for naming a child
the same name as one of their kids.

M

1st Son named after Fathers Father
2nd Son named after Mothers Father
3rd Son named after Father
4th Son named after Father's oldest brother
5th Son named after 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest brother


1st Daughter named after Mothers Mother
2nd Daughter named after Fathers Mother
3rd Daughter named after Mother
4th Daughter named after Mothers oldest sister
5th Daughter named after 2nd oldest sister or Fathers oldest sister

M.

Christopher Jahn

Re: Cousins Names

Legg inn av Christopher Jahn » 23 jun 2007 14:26:40

Mary_Gordon@tvo.org wrote in
news:1182596298.644300.175980@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

Neil, you are aware of the Scots naming patterns - ? I have a
lot of Scots ancestors, and this pattern is often followed, or
variations on the same theme. Frequently when its not
followed, a child has died. They didn't seem to worry about
using names over and over again - unlike today, where your
cousin might glare at you for naming a child the same name as
one of their kids.

M

1st Son named after Fathers Father
2nd Son named after Mothers Father
3rd Son named after Father
4th Son named after Father's oldest brother
5th Son named after 2nd oldest brother or mother's oldest
brother


1st Daughter named after Mothers Mother
2nd Daughter named after Fathers Mother
3rd Daughter named after Mother
4th Daughter named after Mothers oldest sister
5th Daughter named after 2nd oldest sister or Fathers oldest
sister

M.


Interesing: I have one early 19th century family that's been a
brick wall. But the the third son is named for the father, and
the third daughter is named for the mother. If they were
following this convention, I might be able to break through the
wall. At least I have an avenue to explore.

Thanks!

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