Dear Peggy You wrote: > This is a hunch, based on the Irish Naming Pattern. > > The second born son and daughter were William and Elizabeth. > > I have a child, Ellen, Baptized 30 December, 1842 in the Arklow R. C. > Church. Parents were William Eagar and Elizabeth Doyle of Monatague. > Peggy I am confused, as I thought the irish naming pattern was that olderest son usually named after Father's Father and the 2nd daughter was usually named after the father's mother . I thought such data was memorized, a part of the Oral Tradition in Ireland (as on the Continent) because most of the people most of the time were illiterate, from aristocrats to common laborers. The 1st son was usually named after the father's father The 2nd son was usually named after the mother's father The 3rd son was usually named after the father The 4th son was usually named after the father's eldest brother The 5th son was usually named after the mother's eldest brother The 1st daughter was usually named after the mother's mother The 2nd daughter was usually named after the father's mother The 3rd daughter was usually named after the mother The 4th daughter was usually named after the mother's eldest sister The 5th daughter was usually named after the father's eldest sister Maybe I am getting confused with the Scot's > ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > *Folk lore* is a wonderful additive to family research, but one must not base their whole search around it. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >