I seem to have a lot of rellies who have a middle name on their Baptism but not on the Birth reg ? why do you think people do that ? and is it very common
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Sometimes the name changes between registration and baptism. That's true for my great uncle - but his parents did go back to record the change, which is shown in the final column of the certificate
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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I know I havent been baptised.. my brother and sister were, but not me or my little bro.. not that it bothers me, cos it dont! maybe have a look in the pr's Val to see if yours is there, I know some Pr's at libraries etc go upto 1940's and aboveJulie
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I've found quite a few cases of the opposite.....where male rellies apparently suddenly start using their mother's maiden name as a middle name, when it's not mentioned on anything connected with their baptism/childhood. I know it was a common phenomenon to name children in this way, but these don't seem to have been baptised with those names...or maybe they just didn't bother entering the full name
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I thought it was quite usual to have a baptismal name given in the Roman Catholic church, as I understand it, it is usually a Saint's name. I haven't come across it in the C of E or non conformists, but that's not to say it doesn't happen.Sue x
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I was born in 1951 and my baptism is on line! I nearly died of shock when I found it a few years ago!
All my names and my parents names and occupations and even our full address were given. The parish in question is a tiny one in Devon.Elizabeth
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Hmmm. There was a school of thought (but I would have said it was Victorian) which felt that the names given at baptism were the "real" names and the name given at registration was just something to shut the civil authorities up, lol. Also that it was very unlucky to use a child's name before baptism, so the added name at baptism was the real one.
Many of mine invented middle names as they became upwardly mobile.
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...and many of mine thought it good fun to change the names around at each census! (lol). I have a 4xGGrandfather who was baptised Julius. For some reason the local vicar decided to call him Richard when his children were baptised (maybe he thought that Julius was too pretentious for a road-mender). Another 3xGGrandfather was called Matthias Body - but his death certificate called him John.(incidentally his name was transcribed as Martha Boang on FMP!!!!). Oh well, it keeps one on one's toes when searching!
Before 1837 baptism was really the only way of recording a name at all.
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Originally posted by greyingrey View PostI've found quite a few cases of the opposite.....where male rellies apparently suddenly start using their mother's maiden name as a middle name, when it's not mentioned on anything connected with their baptism/childhood. I know it was a common phenomenon to name children in this way, but these don't seem to have been baptised with those names...or maybe they just didn't bother entering the full nameBarbara
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I've come across people using confirmation names (RC) which is chosen by the person themselves but not extra baptismal as far as I'm aware. Also a sudden appearance later in life of a middle name being the maiden name of the mother or grandparent.
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My grandmother acquired an extra first name, moving her first name to middle, sometime after her marriage (can't remember quite when in the sequence of events). Fortunately I knew about it, or I'd have a had a lot of trouble finding the death record!
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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