does "junior" keep his title, or does it drop off?
2006-07-27 15:08:25 · 11 answers · asked by nancy jo 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I appreciate the answers so far, but "Junior" after a name is not legally the same as "The 2nd". The 2nd doesn't have to be a son, it can be any relative. I agree that 2nd, 3rd, and 4th would remain, I'm just not sure about "Junior".
2006-07-28 09:51:40 · update #1
Literally, Junior can drop the junior when his father dies, but usually, he's gotten used to it and keeps it.
2006-07-27 15:13:34 · answer #1 · answered by chilixa 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am a junior, though my dad just passed 2 months ago. My son is the 3rd and perhaps his son will be the 4th.
The numbers represent the succession of the exact name and middle name in the family line. Pope John the 23rd, Henry the 8th, Henry Ford IV and Marshall Field V are long line descendants that were born well after the name origin had passed away.
2006-07-28 03:09:48 · answer #2 · answered by joe_on_drums 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junior will keep his title. The father of the same name dying does not change the fact there was a hyarchy.
2006-07-27 22:12:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junior stays on the name
2006-07-27 22:13:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junior stays junior or senior is a person that was there before junior and that fact doesn't change just because senior dies.
2006-07-27 22:13:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my pap was alive, he went by his first name and my dad was only referred to as Junior instead of their mutual name. When my pap died, most people eventually quit calling my dad "Junior" and started using his first name. But his mother, my grandmother, always continued to call him Junior. The title does not drop off, regardless.
2006-07-27 22:26:37 · answer #6 · answered by Rvn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He still remains Junior, because there was still that Senior before him. Henry the VIII never dropped his suffix, nor do we.
2006-07-27 22:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by Jylsamynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keeps it, he is still the second person with the name. In like manner, Elmer the third doesn't become Elmer Jr. or Elmer Sr. if both of his predecessors die.
2006-07-27 22:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jr keeps his title and you add "deceased" to Senior's name
2006-07-27 22:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by tee_nong_noy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Junior" keeps his title. He can't replace his father.
2006-07-27 22:11:38 · answer #10 · answered by be_ez_2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋