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Old 11-13-2016, 12:23 AM
 
Location: Utah
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I have examples from at least two of my lines in which a male child was named George Washington _____(last name). Both were from the post-revolutionary Federal period. Must have been a lot of awe for our first President. Then in a third line, someone named their son George Washington ____ in the mid 1800s. They had just come to the US from England, and apparently loved and embraced being Americans.
My Great-grandfather was George Washington Dupus. I have been told that the Dupus came from a census taker that muddled Dupree. Don't know if that is true or not.
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Old 11-13-2016, 01:20 AM
 
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Another note on the naming of children after famous individuals, such as George Washington ____, is that there are some that are region.

For example I have two ancestors:

John Pinkney Bryant b. 1810
Elisha Francis Marion May b. 1835

Looking at their middle names it's not surprising that their parents come from South Carolina. There were multiple significant Pinkneys (More than one Charles as well as others) that were famous and notable in the American Revolution, they weren't as known on the national level but were famous among South Carolinians and hence many people from there named their children after them

Francis Marion is the same:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion

He was a famous American Revolution soldier in South Carolina and Elisha is named for him. In fact Elisha's maternal grandfather, a Jacob Busby, served under Francis Marion.

Some of those naming patterns after significant regional individuals can assist with genealogy.
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Old 11-13-2016, 06:29 AM
 
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It was very common to name kids after famous contemporaries or those in the recent past.
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Indeed, around the turn of the 20th century everybody named their son after Booker T. Washington. I have a Booker T. White, Booker T. Henry, and a Booker T. Malone in my tree.
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Old 11-13-2016, 07:51 AM
 
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Indeed, around the turn of the 20th century everybody named their son after Booker T. Washington. I have a Booker T. White, Booker T. Henry, and a Booker T. Malone in my tree.
Agreed. We have a very deep southern sector with Lee used ad nauseum (so hard to differentiate anyone without triple checking dates, because all their middle names are Lee). Used mostly as women's middle names. For Robert E.
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Old 11-13-2016, 07:56 AM
 
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Another note on the naming of children after famous individuals, such as George Washington ____,..
I'm a Civil War buff, and in my reading over the years.. I continuously encounter regular soldiers named after Founding Fathers. George Washington (Last name), Thomas Jefferson (Last name), etc.

Not sure when the practice started to fade, but even in the 9os I knew a kid who was a first generation immigrant named George Washington (Vietnamese last name). It was cool, guess his parents were paying homage to their new country..
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Old 11-13-2016, 08:29 AM
 
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Another note on the naming of children after famous individuals, such as George Washington ____, is that there are some that are region.

For example I have two ancestors:

John Pinkney Bryant b. 1810
Elisha Francis Marion May b. 1835

Looking at their middle names it's not surprising that their parents come from South Carolina. There were multiple significant Pinkneys (More than one Charles as well as others) that were famous and notable in the American Revolution, they weren't as known on the national level but were famous among South Carolinians and hence many people from there named their children after them

Some of those naming patterns after significant regional individuals can assist with genealogy.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney would probably be the reason. He is where my family tree descends from, some would consider him a (lesser known) founding father. Lots of history on him.

He was named for his father, and had a son by the same name as well (SC), I haven't looked at all those branches, I believe my line was through a daughter.

I just can't justify the $$ ancestry site. I have a better free site, but I haven't spent enough time on it to go back that far yet.
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Old 11-14-2016, 12:14 AM
 
Location: CA--> NEK VT--> Pitt Co, NC
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Another note on the naming of children after famous individuals, such as George Washington ____, is that there are some that are region.

For example I have two ancestors:

John Pinkney Bryant b. 1810
Elisha Francis Marion May b. 1835

Looking at their middle names it's not surprising that their parents come from South Carolina. There were multiple significant Pinkneys (More than one Charles as well as others) that were famous and notable in the American Revolution, they weren't as known on the national level but were famous among South Carolinians and hence many people from there named their children after them

Francis Marion is the same:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion

He was a famous American Revolution soldier in South Carolina and Elisha is named for him. In fact Elisha's maternal grandfather, a Jacob Busby, served under Francis Marion.

Some of those naming patterns after significant regional individuals can assist with genealogy.
Yep...I have a half dozen relatives in the South Carolina/border counties NC region who have Pinkney as a middle name who lived during the 19th century.
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Old 11-14-2016, 09:59 AM
 
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My 3rd great grandfather's first name was Pinkney. He had a grandson by the same name called "Pink."

Another poster mentioned SC and in SC it seems Pinkney is a pretty common name in the 1800s both as a surname and given name. My 3rd great grandfather was from SC.

His is probably the most unusual name in my genealogy and I don't think it is all that unusual.

Oh...I forgot that my 2nd great grandmother's name on my dad's maternal line, her given name was "Peachy." I thought that was a cute name. Her daughter, my great grandmother, who I knew until she died in 2003 said that Peachy was her mother's given name but I am not sure. We found out that my great grandmother's name was not really her name after she died lol!
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Old 11-14-2016, 10:00 AM
 
Location: 5,400 feet
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Another note on the naming of children after famous individuals, such as George Washington ____, is that there are some that are region.
So true. One of my 2-great grandfathers is James Franklin Pierce Palmer. I have a few of those George Washington XXX and Francis Marion XXX down the lines, as well one line who liked Lafayette as a middle name. Given the propensity of 2-3 generations of my family to call sons by their middle name, Fate seemed to be the nickname for Lafayette.
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Old 11-14-2016, 10:12 PM
 
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Just saw a couple of headstone memes. Apparently, someone had the unfortunate surname of "Hiscock".
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