From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2018-08-23 04:36:15 +0000, Ron Taylor said:   
      
   > On 8/22/2018 09:57, Graeme Wall wrote:   
   >> On 22/08/2018 17:21, Richard Smith wrote:   
   >>> On 22/08/18 17:07, Ron Taylor wrote:   
   >>>> Rather strange. I have Harriot Lutterloh daughter of Henry and Phillis   
   >>>> baptised 1 April 1773 St Giles in Fields and again April 15 St   
   >>>> Marylebone - given the names etc clearly the same person.  There are no   
   >>>> explanatory annotations against either entry.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Any thoughts on this?   
   >>>   
   >>> It's not that uncommon.  Generally the first will have been a private   
   >>> baptism carried out in the house very soon after birth because it was   
   >>> thought likely the child might not live, and the second will have been   
   >>> a public baptism or reception into church when the child was well   
   >>> enough to be taken to church.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> But would a private baptism be entered in church records?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Thx. On reflection you may well be right. Birth was on 30 March, first   
   > baptism 1 April so sickness and danger of death seems very possible   
      
   Let's not rule out the possibility of a mistake: registrars are   
   human,and the registrar in this case may have failed to notice that the   
   baptism was already listed.   
      
      
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