Hi all,
In response to a previous message re: Irish naming
patterns...
The following was posted by 'Mike' on Genforum back in
Jan. of 2001
"Here is the usual naming pattern, which was followed
by the majority of parents."
First son named for paternal grandfather
Second son named for maternal grandfather
Third son named after father
Fourth son named for father's eldest brother
Fifth son named for mothers's
eldestbrother/grandfather
Sixth son named for sathers second eldest brother
First daughter named after maternal grandmother
Second daughter named after paternal grandmother
Third daughter named after mother
Fourth daughter named after mothers oldest sister
Fifth daughter named after father's eldest sister
Sixth daughter named after mother's 2nd eldest sister
Another common practice was to name a child after a
child who had died with in the family.
Although this may be useful, giving everyone nicknames
because they were named after everyone else leads to
more confusion, as I have found. In my family, I
grew up with everyone being "big" somebody and
"Little" somebody....
Good luck to everyone!
Helen,
Another Callahan searching for a missing "James"
Callahan born somewhere in Ireland in 1814 and died
somewhere in Philly sometime in 1895, with some
brothers named Robert, Matthew, Phillip, Thomas and
maybe sisters named Ann, Elizabeth and a mother named
Margaret.
--- RaeMor(a)aol.com wrote:
Hi!
Mike's father was Daniel Callahan and his mother was
Catherine Thomas.
Daniel died as on the marriage register when
Catherine married my McDonald
ancestor, it listed her as the widow of the late
Daniel Callahan, if that
helps any. She at least was supposed to have been
from County Kerry. Mike
named his first son Daniel Joseph and his 2nd one
James Michael. I
understand the Irish had a special way of naming
their children after their
progenitors but can't say for sure what it is.
Hope this helps.
Rae
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