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  • Title Baptism Ada Ann Taubman 
    Short Title Baptism Ada Ann Taubman 
    Call Number 117 
    Source ID S117 
    Linked to (2) Ada Ann Taubman
    Family: Thomas James Purcell / Ada Ann Taubman 

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  •  Notes 
    • Many thanks for the baptismal details for Ada Ann; it's good to have
      another one for the collection and now we have her DOB too.

      What you have is the entry from the Roman Catholic Baptismal register for
      the Church in which Ada was baptised.

      Translated (and allowing for the priest's truly terrible attempts at Latin
      names!) you have:

      Ada Ann Taubman born 24th November 1889, daughter of William and Mary
      Taubman nee Kelly, was baptised sub conditione (conditionally) on 24th
      February 1911. Her female sponsor (godmother if you like) was Mary R ....
      can't read the rest of her surname.

      The second part of the baptismal entry deals with Ada's marriage and says
      literally:

      Herself, on 28th February 1911, joined together in matrimony with Thomas
      James Purcell in the Church of St Alphonsus in Liverpool - followed by the
      priest's signature.

      The sub conditone bit refers to the fact that she is an adult being
      baptised to allow her to marry in an RC church. So, either she was
      baptised into the Church of England/Methodist/etc/etc faith as a child, or
      she was never baptised at all.

      A RC priest will not marry anyone who is not RC, so it was common for this
      sort of baptism to take place, if the RC partner (or their family!) felt
      strongly about their faith.

      It is also common (and can be very useful to us genealogists!) to see
      marriage details at the bottom of an RC baptism entry. There will be an
      entry in St Alphonsus marriage register, which will give fuller details ie
      fathers names and witnesses etc.

      Do you know what church Ada was baptised in? - it's impossible to tell
      from the entry and it wasn't necessarily St Alphonsus.
      Source Type: Baptism Certificate