Margaret Cavender Harris 1858 to? (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Saturday, May 23, 2009, 08:43 (5742 days ago) @ anne crossley

The usual reason for baptising a child privately would be if they were close to death then anyone could baptise the child (the idea being to save his or her soul). However it is sometimes stated when a baptism is of a nonconformist nature, e.g. RC. However many RCs and protestant non-conformists would baptise their child in their own faith as well as at the C of E. The latter though usually relates to the period before the date you have quoted. In the RC branch of my family there are two marriage dates too, usually one the day before the other as they married in both the CofE and their own church.