Help deciphering Baptism entry

Thanks to Hucamunca for this link

If you go to

http://
archive.spectator.co.uk/

and put in the search terms "Twisden Hodges" (use quotes) you will get a 5 hits. One of which is a date of marriage. Actually if you search ALL you get the date of death of his first wife too.
 
Just as an aside, I've never bought into the instant assumption that a privately baptized infant is on the point of death. I know it's true in some cases but I have quite a few instances in my family where the baby grew up to be a perfectly healthy adult. Surely quite as often it was a social choice (if not more frequently than impending death?).
 
Flook said:
Just as an aside, I've never bought into the instant assumption that a privately baptized infant is on the point of death. I know it's true in some cases but I have quite a few instances in my family where the baby grew up to be a perfectly healthy adult. Surely quite as often it was a social choice (if not more frequently than impending death?).
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Although this pdf article refers to "Custom and Practice in 19th Century Lincolnshire", it may well apply to other areas.

http://www.
localpopulationstudies.org.uk/PDF/LPS12/LPS12_1974_25-27.pdf
 
I thought you may be interested to see a different occurrence of the Smith-Marriotts in the Baptisms.

I'd also appreciate your opinions as to what the minister has written about himself. I think it says "RH Wingfield Digby M.A. Rector of Thompson, Dorset", which I assume to be Winterborne Thomson.

smith-marriott.jpg
 
More help needed please.

I can only manage to read the placename as Hulborne Post. Can anyone see anything different? can anyone find somewhere called that?

hulborne post.jpg
 
mugwortismy cat said:
It's Sydling St Nicholas in Dorset in 1875 :)
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Thanks, in that case and nothing to do with your question, but the Vicar was The Rev. W J Vernon, BA who was presented to the vicarage in 1874; he died in December 1894.
For your original question they appear in the 1881 Census (in FMP) as Belbew, in Newtown, Milborne Port.
 
OK guys I am now in 1889-1890 and there is an interim curate who performs 4 baptisms. PLEASE please please will someone interpret this name for me? And can anyone work out the placename above Charminster, Higher Burlxxx?

singey.jpg
 
MollyMay said:
As for the name - Herbert H. S--gey MA
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Having done a bit of cheating I reckon he is Herbert H. Surgey M.A., Curate in charge pro tem

There is a 24 year old Herbert H. Surgey, student Undergraduate of (London & Victoria??). b. Nottingham Notts in Ardwick, Manchester in 1881 (RG 11/3984, f.109, p.28). In 1901 he is a clergyman in Edwalton, Notts (RG 13/3203, f.133, p.18)
 
Could it be Herbert H Surgey? - if so he can be found on the 1881 census age 24 an 'undergraduate of London and Victoria' RG11/3894/109/28
 
Oh well done Huncamunca :) [edit: and MollyMay too!]

I have been toying with SINGEY, but knew it was wrong o_O Like MollyMay I was fairly certain of SxxGEY

I was trying to cheat too but FreeBMD kept timing out on me ... "The FreeBMD site is too busy to complete that action. Please try again later." Story of my life ;)
 
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