I found a child in the parish records when I was doing some research today,
and I am 99% sure she is ‘family’ – (I have ordered her birth certificate - if correct one is q2 1844).
Her parents married in March 1845, but in the records the child is baptized
in May 1845 – as the illegitimate daughter of the mother.
Would baptizing the child as illegitimate be the norm back then?
Wondered if any of you had come across anything similar?
Thank you
and I am 99% sure she is ‘family’ – (I have ordered her birth certificate - if correct one is q2 1844).
Her parents married in March 1845, but in the records the child is baptized
in May 1845 – as the illegitimate daughter of the mother.
Would baptizing the child as illegitimate be the norm back then?
Wondered if any of you had come across anything similar?
Thank you
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