Sr. & Jr. meaning in records?
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Sr. & Jr. meaning in records?
| Fred Kindel (View posts) | Posted: 30 Jul 2006 11:00PM GMT |
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Often in early local records (e.g., county court minutes of 1800 +/-, etc.) will be found reference to John Doe Sr and John Doe Jr. Many researchers take this to mean that this signifies a father and son. But, I have also been informed, but can't remember where, that this is not necessarily true. That often in localities where there were two persons named John Doe, that they were not related; they were simply "nicknamed" Sr and Jr signifying which was elder and which was younger, in order for people at the time to be sure which person was being noted. Are there readers of this query who agree with the second meaning? Does anyone have a source or sources in which this second meaning has been documented? Thanks for your help. -- Fred