Austin and Hoban

Gilly:

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The parish you want on our site is Trinity Without which is sometimes shown as Ballybricken but is different than the Ballybricken in Co. Limerick. You can join Trinity Without if you like but no need to post a new message.

I checked on Roots Ireland and did find Anne and James in Trinity Without and the transcriptions of their baptismal records are below. John did not come up but you can look on the parish register http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/1091  around 1846 to see if you can locate him.

Roger McDonnell

Name:Ann AustinDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:20-Oct-1844Address:
Parish/District:TRINITY WITHOUTGender:
CountyCo. Waterford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Richard AustinMother:Margaret HobanOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John Hoban Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Ellen Brien 

Name:James AustenDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:08-Mar-1851Address:
Parish/District:TRINITY WITHIN(CATHED.)Gender:
CountyCo. Waterford
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Richard AustenMother:Margaret HobanOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:John Power Sponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Johanna Hoban 

Gosh! That was swift! Thank you so very much, Roger. I hadn't realised that there were two Ballybrickens and that Limerick wasn't one of the places they were located. 

I see two pairs of other names... John Hoban and Ellen Brien, John Power and Johanna Hoban as  'Informants' and also the term 'Sponsor' ... as a non-Catholic would these be similar to 'God Parents' in the C of E? 

Finally, I now realise where my maternal great grandmother's name is from... she was Johanna Austin...so it comes from either Margaret's immediate family (mother or sister), most likely, or a member of the wider family. How lovely!

Kind regards for your help,

Gilly

Gilly:

John and Ellen and John and Johanna were sponsors or in the current day-- godparents.

Roger