Jane Muiry (Copland) 1815 -

[themonkeymonkey]

So my James Reid Muiry died in 1863.  But his father named 2 sons James Muiry and James Reid Muiry just to different mothers or am I getting confused?

[ruthhelen]

So my James Reid Muiry died in 1863.  But his father named 2 sons James Muiry and James Reid Muiry just to different mothers or am I getting confused?

That's what it looks like.

I do have a couple of instances in my tree where legitimate and illegitimate children have the same or similar names, so it's not unheard of. And our James may not have named the first child at all, that may well have been the mother - I can't find a baptism, so it's possible the child wasn't recognised by his father initially.

Ruth

[themonkeymonkey]

Thank you ruthhelen .

[Forfarian]

And our James may not have named the first child at all, that may well have been the mother - I can't find a baptism, so it's possible the child wasn't recognised by his father initially.

And the mother may have named the child after his father just to make sure everyone knew who the father was.