Thanks John. I'm very grateful for your help. I'm sure I will find the list very helpful too. Kind regards Heather Minol ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[email protected]> To: "Heather Minol" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [NFK] New lister with a question re note on baptism entry > Not necessarily, no. I have some examples where the same or very similar > wording was used for several children of a couple, over several years. > > Good luck with your research; I'm sure you will find this list a great > source of help. > > Yours, > > John > > At 19:03 18/07/2014, you wrote: >>Thank you for that information John. >> >>I was wondering if that was what it meant. Do you think that this note may >>also indicate that this birth was the first child of the couple? >> >>Kind regards >> >>Heather Minol >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" >><[email protected]> >>To: "Heather Minol" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 3:47 AM >>Subject: Re: [NFK] New lister with a question re note on baptism entry >> >> >>>Contrary to other replies, this was a common form of words in baptism >>>entries prior to the 1812 act. One of several examples in my own tree >>>reads: >>> >>>"Mary Ann daughter of Thomas Hall and Mary his wife (late Mary Savage >>>spinster) was publickly baptized August 13th 1810" >>> >>>This simply indicates the maiden name of the mother, and the fact that >>>she had not been married prior to her marriage to Thomas Hall. >>>Unfortunately, this useful information occurs more rarely after 1812, >>>when pre-printed registers came into use, having no clear space for such >>>comments. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>John Francis >>> >>> >>>At 18:14 18/07/2014, you wrote: >>>>Hello, >>>> >>>>I have just joined the list and am researching a number of families in >>>>Norfolk, including ELMER, WALKER and NEWSTEAD. >>>> >>>>I have just come across a baptism entry in 1809 containing the note: >>>>"mother late spinster" and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what that >>>>means please? I've come up with a couple of theories, but would like to >>>>hear from someone who has better knowledge of the terminology than I do. >>>> >>>>Kind regards >>>> >>>>Heather Minol >>>>Canberra >>>>Australia >>>> >>>>------------------------------- >>>>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 >>> >>> >> > > >