BIRTH CERTIFICATES (from photocopies) * = Known errors
| DOB |
Name Registered
[known as] |
Cert# |
birthplace |
Mother |
Father |
Occ |
# childrn |
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| # |
alive |
| Jun 14, 1880 |
"male"
[Edward Patrick] |
286769
Manh |
320 E 26th, Manh |
Margeret Egan, b. Ire, age 28 |
Matthew Fagen, b. Ire, age 29 |
Blacksmith |
1st |
na |
| Mar 19, 1882 |
"female"
[Anna Josephine] |
335816
Manh |
320 E 26th, Manh |
Margaret Egan, b. Ire, age 30 |
Matthew Fagan, b. Ire, age 31 |
horse shoer |
1 |
0 |
| Aug 11, 1884 |
"male"
[Thomas Francis] |
406673
Manh |
320 E 26th, Manh |
Mgt Patterson *, b. Ire, age 25 * |
Matthew Fagan, b. Ire, age 33 |
black smith |
3 |
2 |
| Aug 15, 1886 |
Edward
[Edward J.] |
465328
Manh |
320 E 26th, Manh |
Mary * Egan, b. Ire, age 34 |
Matthew Fagan, b. Ire, age 35 |
black smith |
7 * |
blank |
| May 23, 1888 |
Matthew
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?
Manh |
unknown |
certificate not yet found |
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| Mar 04, 1890 |
Mary M. |
1434
Qns ldgr |
126 7th st, L.I.C. |
Margaret Egan |
Matthew |
black smith |
n/a |
n/a |
General note: All the FAGAN children's certificates were filled out
by medical attendants, who were less than reliable.
This accounts for some of the inaccurate entries. Their names:
Edward Patrick: A. S. Burtt(?), MD, 119 Lexington av
Anna and Thomas: W. J. Flemming, MD, 132 or 134 Lexington av
Edward J: S F. --? (illegable on copy), 314 E 26th street.
Mary: W.J. Bennett?
# Children: Inconsistancy in the number reported/
alive partially explained by rewording of question on form.
On Edward Patrick's certificate the only question was
"Number of Child of Mother (whether 1st,2d,3d, etc)"
On Anna's certificate the questions were
"Number of this mother's previous children" and "How many of them now living."
On Thomas and Edward's they were "Number of child of mother (whether 1,2,3, etc)"
and "how many of them now living."
The "7" on Edward's certificate was probably the work of a doctor/midwife unfamiliar with the family. "4 and 3" would be the correct entries if there were no births or deaths between Thomas and Edward.
Mary was born in L.I.C., where the register did not include these questions.
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BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE INFORMATION (from transcripts)
Name in Register
[known as] |
Baptism |
Sponsors |
Speculation on source
of 1st/middle names |
Edward Patrick
[was not known] |
St Stephen's
142 E 29 st, NYC |
Jun 27, 1880 |
Peter EGAN |
Mary RILEY |
1-Paternal grandfather(Edward Fagan) |
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2-Source of Patrick unknown
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Anne
[Anna Josephine] |
St Stephen's |
Mar 26, 1882 |
Thomas KILLAN |
Margaret B. EGAN |
1-Paternal grandmother? Anna/Mary? Caffrey |
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2-No Joseph/Josephine known |
Thomas
[Thomas Francis] |
St Stephen's |
Aug 24, 1884 |
Thomas EAGAN |
C.D. FITZPATRICK |
1-Maternal grandfather (Thomas Egan) |
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2-No Francis known |
(unknown)
[Edward J.] |
? |
Aug/Sep 1886? |
unknown - probably
a FAGAN |
unknown - probably
an EGAN |
1-Reused paternal grandfather's name after death of first Edward |
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2-Middle name is unknkown |
| Matthew |
St Stephen's |
May 27, 1888 |
T. HARNEY (unknown) |
Mary MURPHY (unknown) |
Named after father |
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2-Middle name is unknkown |
Mary
[Mary M.] |
St Mary's LIC |
Mar 16, 1890 |
Michael EAGAN |
Mary FAGAN |
1-Named after her godmother?
The pattern would dictate the name Winifred, after maternal grandmother |
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2-Is middle name Margaret? |
SPONSORS:
While it's assumed that the EGAN sponsors are relatives of Margaret, none of the sponsors have been positively identified.
The alternating of EGANS and unknown surnames as sponsors suggests that unknown sponsors may have been FAGANs.
Re Mary Riley: A Mary Ann Reilly and a Mary Reilly were Godmother to two
of Eugene's children. The name was so common that this could be one, two or three different women.
Note that there was a Reilly connection in the Caffrey family in Castlerahan.
C.D. FITZPATRICK not known
Thomas KILLAN was possibly "Thomas KILLIAN, smith, 424 2nd Ave"
Matthew's brothers are strangely absent,
however the Mary FAGAN who sponsored the child Mary FAGAN could
have been Mary (nee DWYER) the widow of brother Laurence FAGAN or Matthew's sister, Mary.
NAMES:
Duly noted: the middle names by which the children were known to us
were not registered as baptismal or birth names.
The first names given the Fagan boys follow a classic naming pattern,
which alternates between father's and mother's family names (see list below).
The pattern can provide clues to ancestral names and infant deaths.
Not enough is known of the female line to say
whether they used the pattern in naming the girls.
Open question: first girl (Anna) should be named after father's mother.
We don't know if Matthew's mother was Anna or Mary Caffery.
(Matthew's brothers used as known first girls' names: Mary [Edward]
and Catherine [Laurence - after his first wife])
Baby Mary's name is the hardest to explain.
By pattern, the second girl would be named after her mother's mother (Winifred Egan).
Either Mary was an exception, or there was a birth/death of
a girl during the four year gap before Mary's birth.
However, that would skew the staggered sponsor pattern.
Her middle initial was M, which could have stood for Margaret,
after her mother.
To continue in the same vein, third son (Edward J.) would have been named Matthew.
The death of the first baby, Edward Patrick, must have prompted the reuse.
It's interesting to note that Matthew's brothers Edward, Eugene and Laurence all
named their first sons Edward.
Additionally, the two of the three second-generation Edwards whom we have followed
had sons named Edward.
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Naming Pattern 1 - First Christian or Fore-names
1st son after paternal grandfather
2nd son after maternal grandfather
3rd son after Father
4th son after the father's eldest brother
5th son after the mother's eldest brother
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1st daughter after maternal grandmother
2nd daughter after paternal grandmother
3rd daughter after mother
4th daughter after the mother's eldest sister
5th daughter after the father's eldest sister
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background
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