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Sue from Southend
05-06-20, 15:10
I have no experience with Catholic records!
I'm looking at a 1745 Irish Catholic baptism and under the name of the child and parents are two more names. I'm assuming they are the godparents can someone confirm this or otherwise please. Jacobus Daws 5th Aug halfway down the right hand page.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/61039/07277_01_0051?pid=7656115&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61039%26h%3D7656115%26s src%3Dpt%26tid%3D5173507%26pid%3D-1491898759%26usePUB%3Dtrue&ssrc=pt&treeid=5173507&personid=-1491898759&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.5389043.137535946.1591358494-714004391.1590154387

Thanks

ElizabethHerts
05-06-20, 15:40
Yes, they are the godparents or sponsors.

Jacobus is James or Jacob.

Sue from Southend
05-06-20, 15:51
Thanks, Elizabeth. I knew Jacobus = James, am I right in thinking that Isabelle could be Elizabeth? Or have I dreamt that?

kiterunner
05-06-20, 16:24
Yes, Isabelle was sometimes used as a variant of Elizabeth but of course sometimes as a name of its own.

Sue from Southend
05-06-20, 16:52
Thanks Kite, not that I can find a marriage for Michael with anyone at all....

Olde Crone
05-06-20, 20:16
Took me ages to cotton on to the fact that Isabelle and Elizabeth were interchangeable particularly in Scotland.

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