On 19/09/2014 8:35 PM, Jaimie McEvoy wrote: > Thank you John, here is the image. > > As you can see, the TP image also has a little foot on the P that I > forgot to mention. I do imagine that the priest was using a symbol > that at least other priests would understand in the register. A small > mystery. > > Jaimie. Simply a very distinct upper-case 'P', with large serifs, denoting a private Baptism (i.e. at home or in hospital, usually because the infant was quite sickly). Below it Recd 23.04.0x (I think this may be '02' rather than your interpretation of '03'), the date on which the baby was brought to the church (the building) to be Received into the Church (the people). At the private Baptism most of the Baptism service (except theactual Baptism itself, a prayer and a blessing, would be omitted, and the omitted parts used at the Reception should the child live. Trust that solves your mystery. Kind regards, John > > > On Friday, September 19, 2014 8:34 AM, johnfhhgen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 19/09/2014 12:32 AM, Jaimie McEvoy via wrote: > > Regarding my strange symbol in a register of baptisms, thank you all > for replies, here is some more information. > > Florence May Goodwin. Her father was a collier, so not a case of a > rich family. > > Baptized 17 January 1902. > > Born 1 October 1901. > > Noted in the margin beside the baptism record: > > TP (this is somewhat what my strange symbol looks like in the > margin, but imagine it with only the one line down on the P). > > Rec'd- 23/04/03. > > I think it might mean a later baptism and thusly received into the > church, though if that were the case, who knows why it was so delayed. > > I am still curious about the TP symbol, its meaning and origin, > which looks like a symbol more than it looks like letters. I would > post a scan, but I think that is not permitted on this listserve, as > I've only ever seen text. > > Thank you, > > Jaimie McEvoy > > New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Which is presumably the one in Brown rdge, Staffs? > Is it possible to post a link to an image of the entry? > Regards > John Henley. > > >