Dear Ruth It certainly is PH and there is another such annotation on the next page. It could well mean private house. It is implausible that it would be in a hotel except if the father was a publican. Yours is a waterman Also I think the second name is Malindia. Compare that to the entry for Matilda above it which looks very different Regards, Peter in Melbourne On 22/02/2015, at 10:03 AM, Ruth Appleby via <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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