Thomas Hopkins burial record (General)

by jhopkins , Thursday, January 14, 2010, 00:43 (5503 days ago) @ Paul Andrews

Well, I am blessed. I went through the Parish Records using the search function three times and didn't find that one. Maybe early onset Alzheimers...?

Thomas's baptism record is for 1804, so the age doesn't quite match, but the burial age does match with his age as given in the 1851 Census.

This discrepancy puzzled me, until I remembered that my baptism record is also from when I was three years of age! I was not baptised by my parents, but when I was fostered by an aunt after mother's death, she was appalled to find I had not been watered properly and rushed me off to the local church! Maybe something similar happened to my ancestor.

Thank you Paul - much appreciated. John :-)