If your little Janie died at age 3, well then the next little girl that came around --- say, two years later? She would likely be a Janie too. This causes complications in record keeping for obvious reasons. It forces you to often guess which Janie is yours in the records.
My father's family is primarily buried in the historic Monroe St., Harvard Grove, or Erie St. Cemeteries of Cleveland. As we have such a common surname looking at the list of Miles' in the area is expansive. A few years ago I found two unknown gems.
Matching them up with other family grave sites and cross checking the names:
Estella May Miles d. 1894 Age: 7 Diphtheria
Jessie Dixon Miles d. 1899 Age: 8 Croup
Estella & Jessie were my great-grandfather's younger sisters. He would have been in his early 20's when they both died. As a side note, I think it's possible Jessie's middle name of Dixon might be another branch of the family that I am not yet aware of.
I previously attributed my Great-Aunt Jessie's name to various family members - our great-great grandmother Jessie and her own mother Estelle. Alas, I think it's simpler than that.
My great-grandfather was sentimental. He named his only daughter in honor of his lost little sisters, he named her Jessie Estelle.
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