Re: Henry Breckinridge Wiseman (Jr) Estill Co. Ky. b:1879
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Henry Breckinridge Wiseman (Jr) Estill Co. Ky. b:1879
William Wiseman 1/20/05
I know you've probably heard this before, but just in case you haven't...the Jr tacked on someone's name didn't always mean that the father had the same name...sometimes it indicated that there was more than one person in the vicinity by the same name, and the Jr signified that the younger person was whom they meant, and not the older person...sometimes it was a nephew, cousin, or grandchild...and then sometimes it was INDEED the son of the older person with the same name.