Hi Everyone, One of my great-aunts is believed to be one of the first children to be Baptised in the church...she was baptised there in 1889. BAPTISM SOLEMNIZED IN ST. MARY'S, JOHANNESBURG IN THE PARISH OF JOHANNESBURG in the DIOCESE OF PRETORIA IN THE YEAR 1889. Date of Baptism: September 23 1889 Christian Names: Susannah Minnie Parents' Names: Herbert Howard BROWNE and Jessie Anne BROWNE Abode: District of Pretoria Occupation: Farmer Sponsors: Maria Susanna Wilhelmina BROWNE (her grandmother) & Jane Simpson HALL, Herbert Howard BROWNE (her grandfather) Ceremony Performed by F.H. Fisker, Assistant Priest, St. Mary's, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Copy made 25th September 1889. Perhaps the confusion about whether it was in Pretoria or Johannesburg came about as it's situated in Johannesburg but in the early days of Johannesburg it fell under the Diocese of Pretoria?! Best wishes, Tombi Peck