The rate of childbirth in Beara during the 19th century ran about one birth every two years for women of childbearing age. A space of three years would suggest a miscarriage between the two live births. On Oct 10, 2015 3:02 PM, "Donald and Teresa Sullivan via" < beara@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Two of my husband's great grandfather's sisters found on the Irish records > were Margaret born in 1830 and Julia (who I first wrote about) in 1833. > Daniel (ggrandfather) was born in 1836. Does this seem about right with a > child born every three years in that time period? A side note, the records > say they were from Gooseberry Hill and in searching the internet found that > this town is noted for its horses. Daniel came to the US in about 1867 so > he would have been around horses apparently. This area was also a place > for slate mining and when he came to the US they went to Portland Conn. and > on census he was noted as a quarry laborer. > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Marge Rossini via <beara@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > I agree with Mike, the child was named after the mother. Many priests > used > > abbreviations for names. I see Jude for Judith. In my family I have seem > > Margt (sometimes just Marg and the g looks like a y, so it looks like > Mary) > > for Margaret, Wm for William, Michl or Mich for Michael, etc. > > > > Marge > > > > > > From: "Beara List" <beara@rootsweb.com> > > To: "Donald and Teresa Sullivan" <dsull88075@gmail.com> > > Cc: "Beara List" <beara@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2015 7:07:22 PM > > Subject: Re: [BEARA] NLI records > > > > It appears the child is named after her mother "Judi" or Judith Sullivan > -- > > Mike > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >