Once again, in honour o
f National Women’s History Month, Lisa Alzo of The Accidental Genealogist
blog presents
Fearless Females: 31 Blogging Prompts to Celebrate Women’s History Month.
March
9 — Take a family document (baptismal certificate, passenger list,
naturalization petition, etc.) and write a brief narrative using the
information.
My maternal grandmother, Minda Mary Edgcombe BALL, was born 7 July 1894 in Ringmore, Devon, and christened on 11 November 1894 in South Milton (also Devon). Below is her baptismal certificate:
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| Baptismal Certificate of Minda Mary EDGCOMBE: price one penny in 1915 |
She was born in 1894, she was baptised in 1894 - so why was the certificate issued in 1915? Could this have been her 21st birthday present - the key to her own identity and a sign that she was now a 'real person'? Certainly, there were no incidents - that I know of - like a marriage which would require it. And this is one of those times when a genealogist groans "I wish I'd asked her when she was still alive!"
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