|
|
|
#1
02-11-11, 23:32
|
|||
|
|||
Half baptized??
I've just come across the following entry for Sarah Butcher, daughter of John and Sarah and was wondering what it means. I noticed that there are two other entries on the page - for different dates - which also show 'half baptized'
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/browse/...n=Butcher&st=g There is another baptism, 20 May 1832, for a Sarah Butcher, daughter of John and Sarah, with a birth date of Jun 19 1829 which could be the same person but I couldn't see any mention of a previous baptism. Does anyone know what this means please 
|
|
#2
03-11-11, 06:03
|
||||
|
||||
|
I don't know, but the last entry on the page says "Halfbaptised, service concluded Jan 24th 1830" and "By the same" (as in "concluded by the same person") in the end column.
__________________
"Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010
|
|
#3
03-11-11, 07:09
|
||||
|
||||
|
I wonder if it means a private baptism, and the concluded part is when they were received into the church?
|
|
#4
03-11-11, 07:33
|
||||
|
||||
|
Ah yes, I've found a definition which says that's what it means:
http://www.somersetlarders.com/pages/glossary.php
|
|
#5
03-11-11, 07:59
|
||||
|
||||
|
I think we had this before. If a baby was not expected to live they could be given a short baptism by a vicar so they could be buried in consecrated ground. A full baptism involved appointing god parents who offered to bring the baby up as a christian. Sorry I have just read Kite's link which fortunately says the same thing.
|
|
#6
03-11-11, 08:26
|
|||
|
|||
|
To be absolutely pedantic, anyone who has been baptised can baptise someone else in extremis - a midwife for instance could baptise a newborn who was not expected to live, but actually any member of the church, not necessarily a Vicar.
OC
|
|
#7
03-11-11, 09:00
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
When we were kids, we'd baptise all the unbaptised local kids so we'd all be friends in heaven.....lol The joys of childhood...
__________________
|
|
#8
03-11-11, 09:07
|
|||
|
|||
|
Thank you all for your replies and the explanation - have saved the link for future reference.
regards
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
