There is another possible explanation. Frequently, when a child died another subsequent child was given the same name. Have seen this many times in my own family. Would a child of 12 be used as a witness? Cheers, John. > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 19:47:27 -0600 > From: pjsalis@hal-pc.org > To: IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Freeman's Journal 1878 death notice for Catherine Curtis nee Hawkins > > > Hello All, > > I'm researching the Dublin family of Gardiner Curtis (b abt 1816, d 1874*) > and his wife Catherine Hawkins.** > > I've been led to believe that "Catherine Curtis, nee Hawkins" "relict of > Gardiner Curtis" "died 1878" "at 170,Grt Britain Street, witness Joseph > Curtis age 12, reported by Thomas Curtis." The source is said to be the > Freeman's Journal. > > I want to verify the information and the source. > > My Gardiner and Catherine had sons Thomas and William Joseph (in addition > to nine other known children). A discordant fact is that their William > Joseph was born and baptized in 1854 at Dublin COI St. Mary,** which would > make him age 24 in 1878. One explanation might be an error in the > Journal's notice. Another might be an error by my informant. Still > another might be that this is not the particular Catherine whom I'm > researching, though to me that's doubtful. > > I know that there's a pay-for-view site for access to the Journal, and the > LDS Library has some digital records that are accessible only from the LDS > Library in Salt Lake City. Does anyone know a less expensive way to > search the Freeman Journal's archives? > > Thanks for any advice. > > *familysearch.org > ** numerous children's baptisms at churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie > > PJ, in Texas > > > ****************************** > Topic: A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in County Dublin, Ireland and the City of Dublin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
John I also have found this naming pattern in my Irish research and also in some of the English families. Until in my early days of researching it totally confused me then discovered how it was done. Patrick, was used in this way, also I had a Minnie A, and a Minnie B. Same pattern with a Mary (but the parents just named them without any clues Sometimes have seen a second child of a name died at about 3 months and the next child with the same name given if of the same sex. They had an answer to that as well. If the first born was a male child named say Rupert, and the next child was a female they tried to continue the naming pattern by naming the poor little girl Rupertina. This was mainly in my Scottish research but could have been elsewhere as well. Paddy ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Troy" <jptroy@hotmail.com> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Freeman's Journal 1878 death notice for Catherine Curtis nee Hawkins > > There is another possible explanation. Frequently, when a child died > another subsequent child was given the same name. Have seen this many > times in my own family. Would a child of 12 be used as a witness? > Cheers, John. > > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 19:47:27 -0600 >> From: pjsalis@hal-pc.org >> To: IRL-DUBLIN@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Freeman's Journal 1878 death notice for Catherine >> Curtis nee Hawkins >> >> >> Hello All, >> >> I'm researching the Dublin family of Gardiner Curtis (b abt 1816, d >> 1874*) >> and his wife Catherine Hawkins.** >> ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2793 / Virus Database: 2634/5946 - Release Date: 12/08/12