Genealogy Chat

I've got numerous instances in my family :-( the most sad one I think is my ggrandparents case, in the instance of a girls name being used 4 times only to die, before the last child named in the family also recieved the name. I was so pleased to see that this child survived only to find her death as a 5 year old later :-((((( perhaps even more devasting thier daughter , my grandmother also used the name for a daughter who also died at a few days old .
My gggrandparents used the male version of the name 4 times in total
before one survived :-((
Ever thought a name could be so unlucky. In case you are wondering the male name was Floris and the female Florina

Basman

Thanks everyone for your comments, they are all much appreciated

When we went to obtain my Dads b/c the computer bought up 4 all with his name on the same birth date 4th June ~ 3 different years 1943, 1944 and 2 for 1945 my Dad then said he was born in 1945 but we were skeptical his sister did say he was the youngest we ordered all 4 and were shocked to find that all four were all brothers with the same birth parents all were 4th June so one had to be my Dad but which one and why 4 boys with the same name including a set of twins? Well we think {arnt 100% sure given the circumstances} that Dad was born in 1943 {so he gained two years over night} this we worked out two ways I spoke to an older cousin of his who said yes Dad had a brother born almost a year after him and later a set of twin boys and by process of illimination using d/c's this proved to be so ~ but coinicidental all 4 were born on 4th June ~ no she said she thought Dad was born mid-may and that she prob did not register her him til her confinement were over as for the other three she couldn't say ~ when I asked about the names she said my Grandad was away in France and having had between 13 and 15 children in sucession ~ only 3 survived to adulthood that it was probably about the time she became "ill" but what that meant no-one knows but I do remember someone telling me that she had what we would call today "autistic tendencies" which would fit in well with a lot of things x

My husband was named after his baby brother who died aged just 12 hours about a year before my husband was born. This was as recent as the 1940's. Both of them were named after their grandfather.

Kath. x

I also have this in my family tree and it can cause some confusion until you figure it out. Of course these days we feel differently about these things and as in the 1800's it would be considered a fitting memorial to name a newborn after a deceased sibling or to keep the name in the family I suppose we would think it morbid now.

Sue

Hi Paul

This was very common at one time.

One of my grandmothers (however many times great) buried one son Samuel one day and then gave birth to a new baby the following day, and called him Samuel too.

Dianne xx

A recent thread on here referred to a website you can look at re English Naming Patterns:

http://arms2armor.com/Genealogy/names1.htm

I just Googled English Naming Patterns and and found it that way. very interesting.

I have this happeing quiet a few times in my tree, with both sons and daughters being named after deceased older siblings, I guess the family wanted to carry on those names, also one generation a younger sibling is goven an older living siblings surname as a middle name, i.e. Jane, then later on they had a daughter they named Mary Jane.

One very strong trend in one branch of my tree is the first born son being named after the father, this has only changed in the last few generations, although the last generation to do this had sense to give the first born son a second name, which he was known by, makes for confusing conversation with older relatives who remember him by his middle name.

thanks sam and june for that

I have in my grandfathers family twice and it was because the girl and boy was named after there grandparents and they wanted to keep them names in the family.

1860/ 1870


June x

I'm not sure why it happened although it was very common, especially in the 1800's and before.

Sam x

I have come across something in my family tree, where a child is born and soon dies, then another child is born and is given the same name as the child who died, does anyone know why this happened?
Thanks