On 20/02/2015 2:53 PM, Ruth via wrote: > On 8th September 1834 Lucy Malindia was born to her parents John and Mary > Ann PAYNE. They took her to be baptised on 31st January 1835 to All Saints, > Poplar. > Her father was a Waterman, and they lived in Poplar. In the box where her > surname is recorded, the clerk has included the letters "P.H." in the bottom > right hand corner. > Similar letters appear in the surname box of another entry, where the father > is a Mariner. > Can anyone suggest was the letters "P.H." could stand for? > Many thanks > Ruth A very long shot .... PostHumous? (i.e. a parent deceased before birth) Have you any evidence both parents took her to be baptised? How common is it in the register? Could it conceivably be the initials of another clergyman/parish clerk adding details later? It was not uncommon for the parents to be told to wait behind after the Baptisms to fill in the register. I have seen an entry with Christian names and the marginal note "Parents did not wait". Having looked at the entries, it is definitely P.H., and I don't think it is initials. Sorry not to be more help John Henley

You had the thoughts as I did John The PH appears about every other page I would say on average My guess is its some personal abbreviation made up by the clerk or vicar, to mean (a baptism in a) private house or similar Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > A very long shot .... PostHumous? (i.e. a parent deceased before birth) > Have you any evidence both parents took her to be baptised? How common > is it in the register? > > Could it conceivably be the initials of another clergyman/parish clerk > adding details later? It was not uncommon for the parents to be told to > wait behind after the Baptisms to fill in the register. I have seen an > entry with Christian names and the marginal note "Parents did not wait". > > Having looked at the entries, it is definitely P.H., and I don't think > it is initials. > > Sorry not to be more help > John Henley

I am wondering about Pancras Hospital - partly workhouse and about 7 miles from Poplar which had its own workhouse - leads me to think Poplar Hospital? On the next page to the Payne entry is a "PH" in the abode column Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of johnfhhgen via Sent: 22 February 2015 16:29 To: Ruth; 'LONDON Mailing List' Subject: Re: [LON] All Saints Poplar - query in Baptism Register On 20/02/2015 2:53 PM, Ruth via wrote: > On 8th September 1834 Lucy Malindia was born to her parents John and > Mary Ann PAYNE. They took her to be baptised on 31st January 1835 to > All Saints, Poplar. > Her father was a Waterman, and they lived in Poplar. In the box where > her surname is recorded, the clerk has included the letters "P.H." in > the bottom right hand corner. > Similar letters appear in the surname box of another entry, where > the father is a Mariner. > Can anyone suggest was the letters "P.H." could stand for? > Many thanks > Ruth A very long shot .... PostHumous? (i.e. a parent deceased before birth) Have you any evidence both parents took her to be baptised? How common is it in the register? Could it conceivably be the initials of another clergyman/parish clerk adding details later? It was not uncommon for the parents to be told to wait behind after the Baptisms to fill in the register. I have seen an entry with Christian names and the marginal note "Parents did not wait". Having looked at the entries, it is definitely P.H., and I don't think it is initials. Sorry not to be more help John Henley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please use PLAIN TEXT only when replying to the list, and trim away any excess. Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Tony - a good idea! Ruth -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony via Sent: 22 February 2015 17:53 To: 'LONDON Mailing List' Subject: Re: [LON] All Saints Poplar - query in Baptism Register I am wondering about Pancras Hospital - partly workhouse and about 7 miles from Poplar which had its own workhouse - leads me to think Poplar Hospital? On the next page to the Payne entry is a "PH" in the abode column Tony