Quite right Roberta. I have found 3 children in the same family, of different ages, all baptized at the same time, a few months after the youngest one's birth. This was in a village in Devon, UK in the 1800s.
On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 at 19:23, Roberta Schwalm <robertaschw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have you thought that, in those days, parents often had to wait a long > time to have their children christened, especially if they lived in > isolated areas. It happened in my maternal grandfather's family as the > priest's or minister's visits were often few and far between. > > Roberta (aka Bobbie) > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 12:35 PM Chris Swann <d...@derby99.plus.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a document which lists 2 of my relatives. I can work out that >> they were both Christened on the same day in 1596 BUT there is something >> else which mentions a birth date of 1593. >> >> Some of the trees I have seen have included these two individuals as >> potential twins being born and christened together in 1596 but I think >> that one of them was born back in 1593 where I already have a John born >> in 1593. >> >> Is there anyone who is good at deciphering olde English so that I can >> try and resolve this conundrum? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Chris Swann >> >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >> > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ >
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