Perhaps it was cheaper en masse, so to speak?! On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 at 19:42, Chris Hill <chris.hill.11he...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it was common. I have found a family in the late 19th century in > London baptising 7 children. There are also the cases of a non-Conformist > family converting to Anglican and getting baptised en masse. > > Regards > > Chris > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "sarah hughes" <sarahl...@gmail.com> > To: "Legacy User Group" <legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com> > Sent: 15/09/2020 19:27:36 > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Decipher an old Parish Document > > 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/ >> > -- > > 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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