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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: Leigh Davey on Thursday 11 October 18 07:09 BST (UK)
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Good afternoon.
Simple question? Were babies baptised as soon after birth, or would there have been a period say 2 years between?
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Welcome to Rootschat :) Very hard to give a precise answer to your question. Some babies were baptised soon after birth, whilst other families seem to have had their children baptised en bloc, so there could be a few years difference in ages between siblings. And then Baptists weren't baptised until adulthood.
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In some cases, some people were baptised not long before marrying if they hadn't been baptised as a child!
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Thank you so much.
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And then some people have never been baptised! ;D
My daughters, now aged 40, have never been baptised.
I'm not christian, not even religious, so I just didn't see the point. My wife agreed.
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In some cases, some people were baptised not long before marrying if they hadn't been baptised as a child!
The Book of Common Prayer, has this comment: "It is convenient that the new-married persons should receive the holy Communion at the time of their Marriage, or at the first opportunity after their Marriage." You had to be baptised to receive Communion, so this is why, sometimes, people got baptised before their wedding.
Meghan Markle was baptised so she could join Prince Harry at Holy Communion if she desired.
Stan
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If the baby was very poorly, and thought unlikely to live, baptism could be done soon after birth. :'(
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Yes mowsehowe , I was almost baptised in hospital as I wasn't expected to live at one time, I was baptised as soon as I came out of hospital with my twin brother
I remind my husband from time to time how lucky he is !!
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Louisa Maud
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I've got a good one in some research I have done for someone.
Born in Diseworth, Leicestershire, married in Kensington, London and then baptised in Mowbray, South Africa 3 years into marriage.
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If the baby was very poorly, and thought unlikely to live, baptism could be done soon after birth. :'(
Called "Private Baptism". A private baptism was administered if the child was not expected to live, but it does not necessarily mean it died. If the child survived it ought to be brought to the Church as soon as possible to be received as a member of " the flock of true Christian people". A private baptism may be administered at any time or place. Just to add that it has always been recognised in ecclesiastical law that a person who is not a clergyman, can baptise in an emergency,
There are numerous posts on RootsChat about baptisms and private baptisms.
Stan
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Following on from previous replies.
Some people are not baptised until much later in life. I have a couple of people in my husband's tree who were not baptised until several years after their marriages. Also it is not unknown for someone to be baptised just prior to their death, so that gives a very wide period in which to look for a baptism.