Baptism 23 Feb 1923 St. Mary & St. Peter's church Dairycoates/Newington

[kcstadium]

A cousin in Australia has a baptism certificate dated 23 February 1923 of her mother.
Apparently in Oz they also record witnesses for such occasions and she has asked if there would be any similar record to compliment the baptism certificate. I assume not but maybe there could be?

[Stangat]

I'm about 250 miles from Hull at the moment so can't check for you.

However, some of the baptism records I have from that time period have godparents listed. If I can I will look when I get back up there unless someone can do it before. Generally from my experience they normally contain :-

Date
Name of child
son/daug of-
father's occupation
abode (occasionally)

Hope this helps
Ian

[kcstadium]

Hi Ian
Thanks for your reply.
The baptism in question is that of Dorothy Eva Earl born 15 February 1923 in Hospital for women Wright Street, Hull, baptised 23 February 1923 St. Mary & St Peter's Church Dairycoates Hull.
I don't personally have a copy of the baptism.
Dorothy was 'given away' and probably (still to trace) formally adopted by Mary Mensforth who emigrated to Australia with Dorothy Earl Mensforth in 1926.
It's complicated with the actual birth registration being on 11 February 1926 which was 3 years after Dorothy's birth 15 February 1923.
The Birth registration on Ancestry.co.uk Births is actually on the Jan-March 1923 list but handwritten at the bottom right hand corner Dorothy E M Earl Sculcoates 9d /26I suspect Mrs Mensforth had to have a birth registration before she could emigrate to Australia with Dorothy?
The cousin (my wife's) is trying to trace any relevant records other than what we have.

[groom]

Dorothy was 'given away' and probably (still to trace) formally adopted by Mary Mensforth who emigrated to Australia with Dorothy Earl Mensforth in 1926.

Hi.

You may find that there are no records, as adoption was put on a proper legal footing by the Adoption of Children Act
of 1926 which came into effect in 1927.  Before then many adoptions were informal arrangements.