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Adult Christenings
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Battenburg | Report | 1 Apr 2009 10:56 |
Children were baptised to enable them to get parish relief if the family fell on hard times. |
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Christine | Report | 1 Apr 2009 09:59 |
And we think we have it hard! Thank you. |
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Madmeg | Report | 1 Apr 2009 01:39 |
If you are going back to the 1800s, the children were christened in a "job lot" because it was the only day the parents had off work. For the same reason lots of marriages took place on Christmas Day. |
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Christine | Report | 31 Mar 2009 22:08 |
Thank you for that Mrs Grumpy - that one wouldn't have occurred to me! |
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Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) | Report | 30 Mar 2009 17:32 |
I have a family of seven in the tree - 6 of them were baptised on the same day ranging from ages 16 down to 4 months. I think in their case it was to save money! |
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Christine | Report | 30 Mar 2009 15:29 |
Thank you both. I think you're probably right - they were all girls and perhaps they were trying to ensure that nothng stood in the way of their marriages. |
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Janet | Report | 30 Mar 2009 15:14 |
Hello christine |
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Caz | Report | 30 Mar 2009 14:29 |
Hi, |
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Christine | Report | 30 Mar 2009 14:05 |
I have found my g.grandmother and her siblings on IGI, but they were all christened on the same day, as adults. How usual is this and for what reasons might it have occurred? |
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