Bardin/ Barker / Barns of Moyne Co Wicklow c1850-1878
This is most curious.
Esther Barker's marriage to Thomas Bardin was recorded in the Civil Marriage Registrations as taking place at St. Georges Church of Ireland, Dublin in 1850. They were both single.
Civil Reg records her marriage of 1854 to Nicholas Hopkins and lists her as Esther Bardin, widow.
Esther must have had a son Richard Bardin who became a stepson of Nicholas Hopkins
That is quite consistent.
HOWEVER the tombstone of Nicholas has a stepson Richard who died in 1878 at 28, He must have been born in 1850 as Richard Bardin.
HOWEVER THE TOMBSTONE INSCRITION CLEARLY READS "RICHARD BARNS"
Was this just an error? Must be. I don't have access to the Mullinacuffe Parish Reg to check for the entry.
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