Have also found this in Ontario where a relative had their children baptised in lots - four the first time, and five the next - including one who was actually their grandson (mother didn't marry the father) so proved the relationship. Not enough months between the two youngest. lol
Helen On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:42 PM 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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