Hi Liz I have seen both entries in the baptismal registers of both the Lying in Hospital and the Parish Church Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz" <e.newbery@btinternet.com> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [B&D] Two baptisms > Have you checked to see if the first baptism wasn't just what is referred > to > as a "Private Baptism" or if one of them wasn't a "Churching" ? > The occasion I was referring to was a very different situation and one I > had > never come across before and that was when the father went to the vicar > when > he returned from war and told the vicar that he disagreed with the name. > I > hadn't come across this situation before as children are only allowed to > be > baptised once! > 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: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [B&D] Two baptisms > > >> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >