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Were children baptised twice?!
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 21 Nov 2013 10:52 |
Considering the dates, the scenarios suggested by Reggie and mgnv probably cover the apparent duplication. |
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ErikaH | Report | 21 Nov 2013 09:37 |
Are you 100% certain that the parents were the same in both cases? |
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mgnv | Report | 21 Nov 2013 01:45 |
They're not supposed to be - indeed the Book of Common Prayer has a special conditional baptism service to avoid this. It's used sometimes after emergency private baptisms where the child survived, and runs along the lines "Dear God, if we stuffed up before, then this one counts, but if we got it right first time, then ignore this". |
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Peter | Report | 21 Nov 2013 01:07 |
Hi there, my ancestor Eleazer Featherstone was baptised in 1828, following an older brother who was baptised in 1825 (Stainton, Yorkshire). |