Dear Stan,
I was thinking along the same lines when I was talking to my uncle a few years back about Joel Adkins being App’s dad. If this were true, then one of his dozen or so children would have named their kid Joel or even grand kids for that matter, didn’t happen. I even took into account, children dying at birth, etc. None to speak of.
Names do cycle in a family. Its why I have over 150+ William Adkins on my family tree. To the point as soon as I see a William born to a family of the same age group, I want to pull out. I’m like great, now I have to prove all of them, to be positive that my findings for one is accurate. Thank you for sharing that. I just tell myself, they’re related and do the work.
I’m still working on the Morgan County, Kentucky line Adkins. I have to find the death’s for several more in these lines.
I’ve also had fun with the new 1940 Census. Its so nice to see where my mom was as a young girl. Although my dad’s family isn’t where they’re supposed to be at that time. According to my aunts birth day, they should have moved to Grundy, Buchanan, Virginia already, but they’re not there. ???
Thanks for the posts,
As always,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf