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BillW
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EATON or HALBERT
« on: Saturday 13 June 09 23:04 UTC (UK) »
We have information seeming to involve the family names EATON and HALBERT with Wicklow town, although they may not have come from there.   Seeking any further information.

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Re: EATON or HALBERT
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 14 June 09 09:16 UTC (UK) »
Would be best if you could give and idea of names and timeframe. Meanwhile, have you checked index to civil registrations to see what registrations with those surnames took place in Wicklow?
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1408347
Also, main LDS site? www.familysearch.org
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BillW
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Re: EATON or HALBERT
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 14 June 09 10:51 UTC (UK) »
Anne HALBERT was born before 1800, married James Halpin 1814, at Wicklow parish church, according to Jim Rees' book on Captain Robert Charles Halpin. 

EATON Halpin (possibly Eaton Cotter Halpin), born c.1817, was the eldest son of the above couple.  To have chosen such an unusual forename, a reasonable thought is that it may be honouring someone in Anne Halbert's family or James Halpin's mother's family, again taking matters back pre 1800.

I wondered if either of these may have been names of families known in the area, particularly of Wicklow town but of course covering the County.

EATON features in the history of Wicklow parish church.  To quote from its website:  The Tower with its copper cupola was constructed by the Eaton family in 1777. The family crest of a lion carrying a sheaf of straw acts as a weather vane and there is also a lion depicted on the outside of the tower.  The idea of removing the cupola and replacing it with a spire was discussed in the late nineteenth century, but this idea was never carried out. Instead, much needed repair work was carried out with the financial aid of the Halpin family.  (My underlining.) [http://www.wicklow.glendalough.anglican.org/index_files/Page350.htm]

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