19th Century Naming Patterns:


SONS:

First:   named for his paternal grandfather.
Second:   named for his maternal grandfather.
Third:   named after father or father's paternal grandfather.
Fourth:   named after father's oldest brother or mother's paternal grandfather.
Fifth:   named after mother's eldest brother or father's material grandfather.
Sixth:   named after father's second oldest brother or for mother's
               maternal grandfather.

DAUGHTERS:

First:   named for her maternal grandmother.
Second:   named for her paternal grandmother.
Third:   named after mother or for mother's maternal grandmother.
Fourth:   named after mother's oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother.
Fifth:   named after father's eldest sister or for mother's paternal grandmother.
Sixth:   named after mother's second oldest sister or for father's paternal grandmother.

NOTE:  there were all sorts of variations, some covered by rules and some by family 
decision.  It was customary to name the next daughter/son born within a second 
marriage for the deceased husband/wife.  If a father died before his child was born, 
the child was often named for him.  If a mother died in childbirth, that child, if a girl, 
was usually named for the mother.  Another child was commonly named for a child 
who had died within the family.

DUTCH NAMING PATTERNS:

The custom was that the lst  be named for paternal grandfather; 2nd son named for his
maternal grandfather; lst daughter for her maternal grandmother; 2nd ghter for her 
paternal grandmother.  If 4 children were born then all 4 grandparents are known.