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From: John Cosgriff< >
Subject: Re: Anastasia - Irish Name?
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 13:24:44 GMT


>According to my Grandfather's death certificate, I have a great grandmother
>named Anastasia McCarthy who lived in Cork Ireland in the mid-1800s.
>
>Is/was Anastasia a common name in Ireland? I know Anastasia was a Catholic
>Saint from the 4th century, but certainly not a well known one these days.
>
>

I have seen it amongst the Irish Catholics living in central
Pennsylvania in the early 1800's.

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