The Real "Cheaper by the Dozen" family.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i have it set up as the mother/father on the top, in bold. their children below them, then their childrens spouse-- their kids.
note: i don't think that some of these are nicknames, because the 'full name' (ie: Lillian, Charles, Richard) are spelled out, so i don't think they'd put fullnames for some and not others. so i'm assuming these are all full names, not nicknames.

Frank and Lillian

• Anne
• Frank-- Peter, Frank, Robert.
• Mary
• Ernestine
• Charles-- Charles, Lillian.
• Martha
• Richard-- Janet, Blair, Mary, Stephanie.
• Frank
• Elizabeth-- Betsey, Rebecca, Teddy.
• Bill
• Jean-- Lillian, Bill.
• Lillian
• Donald-- Julia, Dodge.
• Fred
• Jessie-- Susan, Frank, John.
• Dan
• Irene-- David, Danny, Peggy      
• John
• Dorothy-- Peter, James, Deborah      
• Bob
• Barbara-- Roy, Ann      
• Jane
• George-- Laurie, Paula.

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

That was quite common in families at the time, because there were all of these family naming traditions: "sons should be named in this order - paternal grandfather, maternal grandfather, father," etc. and daughters should be named after grandmothers, etc. It's ridiculous. I'm all for family names, if that's what you CHOOSE to do, but I think kids need their own identity as well.