what do you do ? Make a deposition to the vicar...
For all those who are looking for the baptisms of children for Mark and Christian Monro, St Mary Rotherhithe Surrey, but can only find children for Mark and Catherine Monro........
In the middle (between pages 204 and 205, about June 1803) of the Baptism Register beginning 1792, is inserted a deposition which roughly says
"17 March 1815, before the Reverend John Lake .......
Appearing personally, Christian Monro now residing in Paradise St Rotherhithe, the wife of Mark Monro, master mariner, and being sworn upon the Holy Evangelists to depose the truth, made oath as follows:
On the 17th May 1797, a marriage was made and soleminised in the church of St George in Middlesex, commonly known as St Georges in the East, between, Mark Monro, then of that parish and Christian Jeffreys, then of that parish and a copy of the parish register by Rev R Farrington, Rector of Said parish, is appended.
Further that the baptism recorded in the register of St Mary Rotherhithe was for infant child, issue of Mark and Christian Monro on the 25th Day of April 1804, whereas in the register entry, Mrs Christian Monro was there and then written down and wrongfully inserted as Catherine instead of Christian, which latter was and is her true proper christian name. "
This also happened on the 13th day of June 1805 for their son baptised William Wallace Monro and AGAIN on the 27th Jun 1810 for the son baptised John Monro.
"And this deponent lastly makes Oath that Christian Jeffreys mentioned in the said certificate of marriage and Catherine or Catharine Monro (who is so designated by mistake in the register of baptism of her three children Mark, William Wallace and John Monro belonging to the parish of St Mary Rotherhithe aforesaid was and is one and the same person and not divers."
I wonder how many other people bothered to go to this trouble to correct mistakes in their parish register, and how many other mistakes there might be...........
Di
For all those who are looking for the baptisms of children for Mark and Christian Monro, St Mary Rotherhithe Surrey, but can only find children for Mark and Catherine Monro........
In the middle (between pages 204 and 205, about June 1803) of the Baptism Register beginning 1792, is inserted a deposition which roughly says
"17 March 1815, before the Reverend John Lake .......
Appearing personally, Christian Monro now residing in Paradise St Rotherhithe, the wife of Mark Monro, master mariner, and being sworn upon the Holy Evangelists to depose the truth, made oath as follows:
On the 17th May 1797, a marriage was made and soleminised in the church of St George in Middlesex, commonly known as St Georges in the East, between, Mark Monro, then of that parish and Christian Jeffreys, then of that parish and a copy of the parish register by Rev R Farrington, Rector of Said parish, is appended.
Further that the baptism recorded in the register of St Mary Rotherhithe was for infant child, issue of Mark and Christian Monro on the 25th Day of April 1804, whereas in the register entry, Mrs Christian Monro was there and then written down and wrongfully inserted as Catherine instead of Christian, which latter was and is her true proper christian name. "
This also happened on the 13th day of June 1805 for their son baptised William Wallace Monro and AGAIN on the 27th Jun 1810 for the son baptised John Monro.
"And this deponent lastly makes Oath that Christian Jeffreys mentioned in the said certificate of marriage and Catherine or Catharine Monro (who is so designated by mistake in the register of baptism of her three children Mark, William Wallace and John Monro belonging to the parish of St Mary Rotherhithe aforesaid was and is one and the same person and not divers."
I wonder how many other people bothered to go to this trouble to correct mistakes in their parish register, and how many other mistakes there might be...........
Di
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