From: charlesellson@btinternet.com   
      
   On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 18:25:12 +0100, Peter Johnson   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 01:17:56 +0100, Charles Ellson   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>There was more emphasis on the baptism date with some never knowing   
   >>their actual birthday. Before 1837 there were no birth registrations   
   >>required in England and Wales with birth dates tending only to be   
   >>recorded in non-conformist registers.   
   >   
   >I've seen baptism that were several years after birth.   
   >   
   Yes, that tended to get the birth date mentioned. Not always as is   
   evident when the children have been batched up and oviously weren't a   
   recent multiple birth. Marriage was also sometimes a trigger for   
   getting baptised.   
      
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