Sometimes in the Black Country there were multiple baptisms - usually when there was a new minister at the Church and the families were visited to see why the children hadn't been baptised! Velda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stella Stanger" <sstanger@sfu.ca> To: <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [HRT] Baptismal look up please, Griffiths > > Many years ago - on one of the mail lists - it was mentioned that - > babies - were sometimes Baptised at home or in the place where they > were born - if there was concern over the health of the child. > Also - that there are times - when an entire family -father - and all > children - were Baptised at the same time - to save time ? or cost? > Cheers, Stella > > > > > At 12:18 PM 10/09/2010, you wrote: >> That thought did cross my mind. I should keep an open mind, not >>assume they were twins but not assume they weren't. >> >>Susan >> >> >>On 10/09/2010 18:21, Simon Harding wrote: >> > On 10/09/2010 15:35, Susan Morris wrote: >> >> Edwin Arthur Griffiths chr July 1832, Cheshunt, England >> >> Frederick Griffiths chr July 1832, Cheshunt, England >> >> (presumably twins) >> > I have often found children christened in "batches". In one family, >> > three together in Islington in 1821, another two in 1826, and so on. >> > The >> > father (my 3x ggf) was in the employ of the East India Company and made >> > many voyages to India and China. I suspect the children were christened >> > when he was home. (I should check that as I do have all the dates >> > somewhere). >> > >> > Simon. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Hertfordshire Surnames List >> > >> > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >>Hertfordshire Surnames List >> >>http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message