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Offline piccarso

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Translation or explanation!
« on: Monday 27 February 06 19:05 GMT (UK) »
Hi All,

I have a question, does anyone know what the name CARRABIN means, is it a surname or a description...?

It appears on a Marriage Cert I have for one of my Gallagher possible forebears, but as I say I'm stymied as to the meaning, can someone help me?

Best Regards

Jim.
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Re: CARRABIN Translation or explanation!
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 04 March 06 08:06 GMT (UK) »

 What part of the certificate or under what heading is it?

 Could it be a latin term?

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 04 March 06 08:40 GMT (UK) »
Hi Jim,
I threw it into an Irish dictionary a few times and kept coming up with the word "autonomous".   Would this fit into your scenario?

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 04 March 06 09:14 GMT (UK) »
Not very helpful, but there is mention of one here:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,74341.0.html

Googling suggests that CARRABIN is a corruption of a German name.

Or Caribbean??  ;D

It is a name still in current use.

Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN - HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD - GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS - WIL: WEBB, SALTER - RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS - GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY - MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD - SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON - IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK)

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 04 March 06 11:57 GMT (UK) »
Hello to all who replied,

I'll try to explain further, the Cert I have came from LDS, it's a birth Cert, on it it gives a birthand for James Cornelius Gallagher, 1847 Meena Kellen, Ardera, Donegal, Ireland, died 14 Dec 1898.

His Parents names are Father, Owen Gallagher, and Mother, Carribin, this name is puzzling me ergo the post.

It's owen I'm trying to trace to go back further, I've found a Marriage Cert with Carrabin mentioned on it, and I know this may be a surname, but it's one I've never heard of, and I thought it may be a nickname for something, (e.g dear one, darling)

Thanks for all your replies.

Regards

Jim.



Hendry,Hendrie,pollock,Bonnar, Bonar, Gallacher, Gallagher.
(Glasgow/Lanarkshire/Ayrshire/Scotland).

Hendrie, Hendry, Henry, Houden, Clark, Gallacher, Gallagher, McGuire (Scotland/Ireland)

Westmuckett, Davies, Corbett-Davies, Corbett, Williams, Bevan, Price, (England and Wales)

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 04 March 06 12:11 GMT (UK) »
Could it mean Caribbean?

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 04 March 06 12:55 GMT (UK) »
I didn't find anything under the spelling of Carrabin but that's not unusual for Irish names. However, in McLysaght's the Surname sof Ireland , there is listed the name Carabine, which is a form of Coribeen from the Gaelic O coirbein , possibly the descendent of the charioteer.
Dempsey, Hampton, Bon(n)ar, Wilson,
Stewart (2) Wilson (2) Barclay, Watson, Meldrum, Brand (2), Kinloch, Nicol, Brown, McNeillis, Gallocher, O'Donnell (2), Harper, Main,  Thomson, Donnelly,

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 04 March 06 13:17 GMT (UK) »
Picarrso:

I'm sure that Carrabin refers to her surname or possibly some anglicized version of a first name. Remember, when these were documented that possibly the people being registered were ususally illiterate, consequently, the clerk wrote what he heard.  Even if they were literate, they would either not see the document to correct it  or wouldn't want to question an authority figure such as the town registrar or the parish priest.

Also I have some Bon(n)ars in my tree from Donegal

Lastly, it's spelled "Pog mo Thoin" in Gaelic
Dempsey, Hampton, Bon(n)ar, Wilson,
Stewart (2) Wilson (2) Barclay, Watson, Meldrum, Brand (2), Kinloch, Nicol, Brown, McNeillis, Gallocher, O'Donnell (2), Harper, Main,  Thomson, Donnelly,

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Re: Translation or explanation!
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 04 March 06 13:36 GMT (UK) »
As far as i can work out it is a surname origin county Mayo.


http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&Surname=Carbine&UserID=



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