Thanks, Ellie, for your note, re. the naming of the first out-of-wedlock child. At least in that case, it does appear that the issue of pre-wedding birth might well have affected the parents' choice of the baby's name. Roger > Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 06:10:15 -0700 > From: Ellen <glindagood56@yahoo.com> > Subject: [COTIPPERARY] Out of Wedlock/Roger > To: "cotipperary@rootsweb.com" <cotipperary@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <1409145015.28077.YahooMailNeo@web126106.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I have a case of a baby baptized the same day the parent's were married in > Auburn, NY in 1854.? Both were immigrants from Kildare, and there is no > notation about illegitimacy in the record.? The baby was not named for > either grandmother, and died not long after.? Afterwards the family did > follow the naming pattern. > Ellie > >