Baptisms Ealing

[whiting]

Have been attempting to locate baptism/parental details of William Henry Whiting whose birth was said to be in Ealing c.1804 when his father was serving in the army as a recruiting officer there, for sometime without success.  The family name was sometimes recorded as Whitting. Presumably a church baptism occurred shortly after birth in that locality or could it have been by army chaplain??

[dawnsh]

St Marys Ealing

27 September 1809

John Whiting born 5 Aug 1807
William Henry Whiting born 5 June 1809

both sons of John & Ann

No occupations or abode shown in the registers prior to 1813

[dawnsh]

Does you William have links with Ceylon and a burial at Boulogne?

[whiting]

WHW b. c 1804 Ealing [later Ceylon & France] underwent a second family baptism in Portsea in October 1805 so is not identical with WHW born 5 June 1809 in Ealing and with whom he has been confused by others researching the later born individual.  One of these two individuals was in Egham in 1844 when his wife gave birth to twin daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, both of whom it appears died young, and in the absence of any located baptismal records it is unclear whose daughters the twins were.  Confusingly both WHW's may have had wives named Elizabeth.

[dawnsh]

It would be unusual to be baptised twice.

If you have the Portsea baptism, why are you asking for another?

[whiting]

Other family members of this army family were baptised twice - once in the location of stationed parents and then at family baptisms at the home location.
Details of family sought to seek to separate the two identically named WHW's whose trails in the UK  often appear to confusingly overlap.

[Bookbox]

One of these two individuals was in Egham in 1844 when his wife gave birth to twin daughters, Elizabeth and Charlotte, both of whom it appears died young, and in the absence of any located baptismal records it is unclear whose daughters the twins were.

Charlotte Louisa and Elizabeth Caroline, born 26 June 1844, were baptised privately on 27 September 1844, recorded in the register of St John Egham, twin daughters of William Henry Whiting (Ceylon Civil Service) and Elizabeth.

Charlotte Louisa Whiting was buried at Egham on 11 Oct 1844, aged 3 months.

[whiting]

Splendid discovery! Twins properly allocated.  Do the parish registers reveal parents abode at this date - it appears the births were not registered so no birth certificates are obtainable.

[Bookbox]

Sorry, the abode given in the register is 'Egham'.