Posts in April 14, 2023

There is a Henry Smith Sr. and a Henry Smith Jr. in the same location and place. Do not assume they are father and son–one may simply have been older than the other and the “Sr.” and “Jr.” designations had more to do with relative age than with being relatives. They could have been related more distantly than father and son or not even related at all. Do not assume that if a man named James Rampley had a son named James that the son James is the oldest son of James the father. It does not have to be. I have two ancestors named James Rampley who both had sons named James and neither of the sons were the oldest ones.