Can anyone tell me the meaning of Matrina Fuit in a baptism record? I thought it meant Godmother but only the child's parents names are there. Can anyone please help?
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a bit of Latin translation if you please
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There's the same question on the link it means god mother
RootsWeb: SHAMROCK-L RE: [SH] Latin terms Patrinus fuit and Matrina fuit
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The fuit bit just means "was", if I remember correctly?
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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