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

My first guess would be "poor house". Caroline Sent from my iPad > On 20 Feb 2015, at 14:53, Ruth via <[email protected]> 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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

Hello all, It could be mistaken for P.B. which refers to Private Baptism. Sometimes used when the child was not well. Yours in Genealogy, Jan -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 12:53 AM To: 'LONDON Mailing List' Subject: [LON] All Saints Poplar - query in Baptism Register 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. Can anyone suggest was the letters "P.H." could stand for? Many thanks Ruth

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the information is from the original register, and not a transcription. It definitely says "P.H." ..... Perhaps they were christened in the local pub?.... Ruth Sent from my iPad > On 21 Feb 2015, at 22:23, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello all, > It could be mistaken for P.B. which refers to Private Baptism. Sometimes used when the child was not well. > Yours in Genealogy, > Jan > > -----Original Message----- From: Ruth > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2015 12:53 AM > To: 'LONDON Mailing List' Subject: [LON] All Saints Poplar - query in Baptism Register > 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. > Can anyone suggest was the letters "P.H." could stand for? > > Many thanks > Ruth > >