This is not a B&D birth but I feel it is worth mentioning here because we often hear of children being baptised twice and we all say, "no, no, that can't be"! On this occasion, the baby was born while the husband was away fighting. When he returned from the war his wife was delighted to show him their baby who was born in his absence and she announced that she'd had him baptised as William. The father was jubilant to find he had a son but he was not happy with the name and refused to accept it. So, the baby was baptised a second time using the name Arthur which was the name the father wanted. In the past I have actually found two children with different names but baptised within a few weeks of each other and wondered if there was an error or if the vicar had made an error but this has now started me thinking about some of those strange baptisms with different names. So, more food for thought there. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset

Hi Liz I have a similar occurrence the child was baptised in the Lying in Hospital just after birth and was baptised in the Parish Church 3 months later Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 8:37 PM Subject: [B&D] Two baptisms > This is not a B&D birth but I feel it is worth mentioning here because we > often hear of children being baptised twice and we all say, "no, no, that > can't be"! On this occasion, the baby was born while the husband was away > fighting. When he returned from the war his wife was delighted to show > him > their baby who was born in his absence and she announced that she'd had > him > baptised as William. The father was jubilant to find he had a son but he > was not happy with the name and refused to accept it. So, the baby was > baptised a second time using the name Arthur which was the name the father > wanted. > > In the past I have actually found two children with different names but > baptised within a few weeks of each other and wondered if there was an > error > or if the vicar had made an error but this has now started me thinking > about > some of those strange baptisms with different names. > > So, more food for thought there. > > Liz > www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery > OPC for Street, Somerset > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Tony Do you know the reason there was a second baptism and was the child given a different name? Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:48 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Two baptisms > Hi Liz > I have a similar occurrence the child was baptised in the Lying in > Hospital > just after birth and was baptised in the Parish Church 3 months later > Tony > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> > To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 8:37 PM > Subject: [B&D] Two baptisms > > >> This is not a B&D birth but I feel it is worth mentioning here because we >> often hear of children being baptised twice and we all say, "no, no, that >> can't be"! On this occasion, the baby was born while the husband was >> away >> fighting. When he returned from the war his wife was delighted to show >> him >> their baby who was born in his absence and she announced that she'd had >> him >> baptised as William. The father was jubilant to find he had a son but he >> was not happy with the name and refused to accept it. So, the baby was >> baptised a second time using the name Arthur which was the name the >> father >> wanted. >> >> In the past I have actually found two children with different names but >> baptised within a few weeks of each other and wondered if there was an >> error >> or if the vicar had made an error but this has now started me thinking >> about >> some of those strange baptisms with different names. >> >> So, more food for thought there. >> >> Liz >> www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery >> OPC for Street, Somerset >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Liz No real idea. I thought it might be that the child was baptised in hospital and father wasn't present so he arranged for the second baptism. Child was given same name so dad must have approved Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [B&D] Two baptisms > Hi Tony > Do you know the reason there was a second baptism and was the child given > a > different name? > Liz > www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery > OPC for Street, Somerset > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> > To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 11:48 PM > Subject: Re: [B&D] Two baptisms > > >> Hi Liz >> I have a similar occurrence the child was baptised in the Lying in >> Hospital >> just after birth and was baptised in the Parish Church 3 months later >> Tony >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> >> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 8:37 PM >> Subject: [B&D] Two baptisms >> >> >>> This is not a B&D birth but I feel it is worth mentioning here because >>> we >>> often hear of children being baptised twice and we all say, "no, no, >>> that >>> can't be"! On this occasion, the baby was born while the husband was >>> away >>> fighting. When he returned from the war his wife was delighted to show >>> him >>> their baby who was born in his absence and she announced that she'd had >>> him >>> baptised as William. The father was jubilant to find he had a son but >>> he >>> was not happy with the name and refused to accept it. So, the baby was >>> baptised a second time using the name Arthur which was the name the >>> father >>> wanted. >>> >>> In the past I have actually found two children with different names but >>> baptised within a few weeks of each other and wondered if there was an >>> error >>> or if the vicar had made an error but this has now started me thinking >>> about >>> some of those strange baptisms with different names. >>> >>> So, more food for thought there. >>> >>> Liz >>> www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery >>> OPC for Street, Somerset >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >