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From: "Ann & George Ryan" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] McDermott in Blackstone Mass
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:51:11 -0000
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Hi Rosemary,

Generally speaking, the custom in Ireland for naming children was as follows

Oldest son named after the Father's father
2nd son named after the Mother's father
3rd son named after the Father
4th son named after the Father's oldest brother

Oldest daughter named
after the Mother's mother
2nd daughter named after
the Father's mother
3rd daughter named after
the Mother
4th daughter named after
the Mother's oldest sister.

If the husband was
widowed and married again, then the 2nd wife's oldest
daughter was named after the first wife, using her full name.

regards,

George Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "rosemary mclean" <>
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Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:19 PM
Subject: [NY-IRISH] McDermott in Blackstone Mass


> Hello all,
> I have two questions:
> 1. Is there a pattern that was used for the naming of children in the
> Irish
> tradition as there was in the Scottish tradition?
> 2. Our William McDermott worked int he wollen mills of Blackstone as a
> carder. We lose him in 1855. We don't pick up the older son until years
> later when he married in New York. Were there other mill towns up or down
> the Blackstone River that he could have gone to get a job? We might find
> him
> in a census in Rhode Island or elsewhere.
>
> Thank you for any suggestions you might have.
> Rosemary
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