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| Old Naming PatternToday's generations are less reliant on previous generations when it comes to naming their children. How else could a child be named "Storm"? In the 1700's and 1800's there were children aplenty because a family needed plenty of of hands to perform the tasks-plus they didn't have TV so it was good entertainment (making 'em and raising 'em). Male children were always relished because work on a farm was difficult and sons were better able to handle the hard work. In naming the children, families typically used a distinct pattern which is helpful to Genealogists in tracing family roots. The Helton family was very traditional in the way it named their children, which is one reason the deciphering and distinguishing of family lines is so difficult. They used this traditional naming pattern for most of the children born before the 1880's. The traditional naming pattern below was used by most Helton's in the 1700's and 1800's. While it sometimes makes it difficult to distinguish lines, it also makes it easier. In the list below, if ever there was a name duplication, they skipped the pattern and went to the next name (i.e to eliminate my brother darrell and my other brother darrell). For example, if the Father's father and and the mothers father were both named John, the second son would take the fathers name.
While this pattern is not an absolute, it was used in a great majority of births. It may not definitively prove a connection between generations simply because they share the same name, but it can help you in knowing what names to look for, thus limiting the scope of your search. |
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