Indeed, but their assumption would be incorrect. When a son is given exactly the same name as his living father, he is to be called "Jr.".
If father and son are both still alive when a grandson is born, the grandson is then "III". If grandfather has already died, when grandson is born, father becomes "Sr." and grandson becomes "Jr." The second (II) is supposed to be used when a son is given exactly the same name as an uncle, granduncle, grandfather, etc. The next in the family to be given exactly the same name is then "III". Of course, these rules do not apply to kings who tended to do whatever they wanted anyway. :) CE From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering multiple title suffixes Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 08:02:55 -0800 I have a grandson with my same name and is known as a “II” (second). Most people assume that a II is a son and a III is a grandson. This will certainly confuse future genealogist one hundred years from now. Brian From: David Abernathy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 9:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering multiple title suffixes Just remember that Sr and the First did not come with birth of the person but with the birth of the son. Sent from my Kindle Fire In God We Trust From: "Brian L. Lightfoot" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri Nov 27 18:01:10 PST 2015 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Entering multiple title suffixes While I agree certain suffixes are honorary titles bestowed later in life, others named as a “Junior” or II, III, etc certainly didn’t get those suffixes later. They came with the birth. Brian From: Cathy Pinner [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 27, 2015 5:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Entering multiple title suffixes It's up to you whether you want a name to read Joe Bloggs Jr. M.D. or not. Personally, I don't enter anything in the Title or Suffix field (except notes in privacy brackets eg to quickly identify someone when I have several with the same name) unless the person was born with that Title or Suffix. I add degrees and honours in Events. To me it doesn't make sense to make a practice of entering the birth name, which is standard practice - and then add titles and suffixes that came later. Cathy Elizabeth Fry wrote: How should I enter the information that a person is both a Jr. (or Sr.) and an M.D.? Or should I just leave the M.D. off? Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
