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Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,833 Send Message	Nickydownsouth	Report	6 Jul 2010 22:57
	Yes thats true Flick, the entry would still have to be entered in Parish recods as if it had taken place in Church. Thanks for your input....i do think it is the same person... The other one i have is Marys sister Sarah, first baptised in Norfolk, 5 days after her birth and then again a few months later back in Cambridge. Nicky
	Researching: Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,833 Send Message	Nickydownsouth	Report	6 Jul 2010 22:53
	These are the 2 different entries that I think are the same person, Mary {senior} grandfather Edmund was still living in East Harling Norfolk in 1808, but she`d married Robert Peacock in 1807 in Cambridge where she`d lived all her life... Day: 24 Month: Nov Year: 1808 Forenames: Mary Surname: PEACOCK Relationship: dau of Father forenames: Robert Fathers occupation: Mother forenames: Mary Birth Day: Birth Month: Birth Year: Abode: Place: Cambridge, Holy Trinity County: Cambridgeshire,England County Norfolk Place East Harling Church St Peter and St Paul Ats RegisterNumber DateOfBirth 06 Apr 1808 BaptismDate 07 Apr 1808 Forename Mary Sex F FatherForename Robert MotherForename Mary FatherSurname PEACOCK MotherSurname SPINK Abode FatherOccupation Notes Privately Baptised; Late Spinster FileNumber 9482 Nicky
	Researching: Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	6 Jul 2010 22:51
	Presumably, the baptism would be recorded......it took place within the parish, even if not within the church building........... But, it's only conjecture about the circumstances................
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,833 Send Message	Nickydownsouth	Report	6 Jul 2010 22:43
	Thanks flick, i did wonder about that possibility... By home baptism do you mean the minister would visit the family home and baptise, similar to a hospital chaplin sometimes does now if a child is not expected to live while in hospital?, its just that in my 2 cases both baptisms show in church parish records, so presumably the child was baptised both times in a Church. Nicky
	Researching: Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge
Member Since: February 2010 Posts: 18,936 Send Message	Flick	Report	6 Jul 2010 22:35
	On occasion, if a child was not expected to live, a home baptism would be performed as an 'emergency'............and a 'full' ceremony performed later
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,833 Send Message	Nickydownsouth	Report	6 Jul 2010 22:31
	I have a couple of ancestors who it appears have been baptised twice...?? The first time shortly after the birth in the birth parish of parents/grandparents { where grandparents still live} and then some time later {within a year} in their local parish in another county. I`d be intrested in anyones views on this... Nicky
	Researching: Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge

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