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Surname Patterns
Interestingly, there was somewhat
of a ‘pattern’ to the assignment of first names in days past. According to an
article by the Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois, the old naming pattern was: 1st
son: named after the father’s father, 2nd son: named after the mother’s father,
3rd son: named after the father, 4th son: named after the father’s eldest brother,
5th son: named after the mother’s eldest brother, 6th son: named after the
father’s second eldest brother. 1st dau: named after the mother’s mother, 2nd
dau: named after the father’s mother, 3rd dau: named after the mother, 4th dau: named
after the mother’s eldest sister.
This is the same list of names on the Early Settler pages, by country of origin, if known.
ENGLAND
Blake, Carey, Cochlin, Covill, English, Etherington, Herbert, Lacey,
Nicholson, Partington, Rutledge
FRANCE
Adam, Bushwaw, Delaet, Didier,
Dormire, Hines, Maillot, Pepiot, Pilliod, Rabulet
GERMANY
Allinger, Amann, Arkenburg, Baumgarden,
Berning, Bratigam, Bridewesser, Brons, Choolhoff, Clinehens, Crow, Doering, Doucing,
Fessler, Fey, Fisher, Fogt, Foster, Fritz, Gaier, Grothaus, Gudenkauf, Gudorf,
Hagelberger, Harmon, Hergenrather, Hilgefort, Horstman, Hoying, Kah, Knasel, Kraft,
Leisner, Lowman, Maulick, Maurer, Mellinger, Metz, Miller, Otting, Paul, Piper, Raterman,
Rottinghaus, Schlater, Schoff, Schnelle, Schulze, Sherman, Shiff, Simon, Soelman, Stephen,
Toller, Trapp, Vondrele, Zimpfer
From Alsace
(Germanic); Bonnoront, Heintz, Metz, Wagner,
Wein
From Baden (Germanic); Foght, Foster, Stingle, Weingartner
From Hanover (Germanic); Ahlers, Backhaus, Myer, Pfitzmann
From Oldenburg (Germanic); Frederick, Vogthenrichs
From Prussia (Germanic);Harmann, Hartmann, Holthaus, Martin, Saveder, Schaff
From Wirtemburg (Germanic); Iserman
IRELAND
Anderson, Blakeley, Caldwell, Cannon,
Croning, Ewing, Farley, Fergus, Gilfillen, Ginn, Graham, Harper, Hickey, Holmes, Johnston,
Marshall, McFarland, Patterson, Quinn, Starrett, Walkup, Wilson
SCOTLAND
Jackson, Lenox, Murray, Smart
SWITZERLAND
Echemann, Gerber
'Immigration'
segment written in November, 1997 by David
Lodge
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