Hi folk Another reason was, and this was very important back then ; That a child could not be taken out until it was baptised, hence PRIVATE BAPTISMS. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Roberts" <david@roberts-productions.com> To: "Chris Gilham" <chrisgilham@hotmail.com> Cc: <london-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:36 PM Subject: Re: [LON] A Private Baptism? > Chris > This often refers to a baptism that was carried out in the home, perhaps > because of some medical condition, or if the child is thought likely to > die. > No doubt there might be other reasons too. > > David > > On 16 July 2011 13:29, Chris Gilham <chrisgilham@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Hello Listers >> >> I have just discovered an ancestor whose baptism entry is shown as >> 'Private' - one other entry on the other side of the book is also >> Private; >> and there is another previous entry, which is a few pages back which is >> shown as Private, followed by brackets which appear to contain the words >> 'in >> danger'. My ancestor was George Hogg baptised 13th August 1859 in St >> Leornard's, Shoreditch. If anyone can shed any light on this I would >> appreciate it. >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Regards, >> >> Chris >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list >> on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for >> matching interests and add your own ! >> >> Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list > on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for > matching interests and add your own ! > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

On 2011/07/17 00:32, Murlel Sherlock wrote: > Another reason was, and this was very important back then ; That a child > could not be taken out until it was baptised, hence PRIVATE BAPTISMS. Not heard that one before. How did the parents get the child to church for a normal baptism, if it couldn't be taken out until it had been baptised? -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg