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Title: look up parents
Post by: tweet on Thursday 15 September 11 16:26 BST (UK)

Look up please parents for a William Page b, 1871 Banbury Oxfordshire,
unable to find any mention of his parents?

Thank you in advance

Tweet

Title: Re: look up parents
Post by: DebbieG on Thursday 15 September 11 16:45 BST (UK)

Hi Tweet

What else do you know of your William?  only there are two baptised within a few months of each other

1870 July 28th William son of Sarah Page singlewoman of Towns end
- and underneath it says PB recieved August 21 1871 (I don't know what this means)

and
1871 Feb 10 William son of William & Sarah Ann Page of Parsons Street, wine merchant

DebbieG

Title: Re: look up parents
Post by: rosie99 on Thursday 15 September 11 17:03 BST (UK)

Quote from: DebbieG on Thursday 15 September 11 16:45 BST (UK)

- and underneath it says PB recieved August 21 1871 (I don't know what this means)

PB = Private baptism

It looks as though the child was probably sickly so baptised elsewhere, maybe at home then received into church at later date