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From: Gary Boivin <>
Subject: Re: [QUEBEC] Strange marriage entry - Pierre CHORET 1686
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:22:02 -0700
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The French rarely (if ever) use Jr. or Sr. or call their children the
1st... 2nd... and so on.


On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Sue J <> wrote:
> Oh, you forgot the II, III and IV's.  LOL  My brother is a second and my
> husband is a Jr.  When his father passed away, he remained a Jr.  You
> normally don't move up a notch because someone died.  My brother is still II
> though our grandfather passed away.  At least my brother stopped with the
> name.  He didn't carry it on with his son.
> Sue
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> Yeah, and when they name kids Senior and Junior.... and then more are
> born......what do they do with the next "junior?"  And if Senior #1 dies, do
> they all move up a peg, and get called something different  then???
>
> Too confusing.......
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