BAPTISMS - HOLY TRINITY KELSO

 
 
There were 463 baptisms performed at Holy Trinity Bathurst during the decade, 
although 15 refer to children born before 1831, plus 47 performed after 1840 
for children born between the years 1831 and 1840. On average there was roughly 
one baptism performed each week over the decade.
 
The information recorded for each baptism includes: 
 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 child's Christian name
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name 
 father's year & ship of arrival in the colony 
 father's status upon arrival in the colony 
 mother's maiden name
 mother's Christian name
 mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony
 mother's status upon arrival in the colony
 parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' marital status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' year & country/church of marriage where applicable 
 child's place of birth
 father's quality or profession 
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
Father's year & ship of arrival in the colony, father's status upon arrival in the colony,
mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony, mother's status upon arrival in the colony, 
parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth, parents' marital status 
at the time of the child's birth, parents' year & country/church of marriage 
where applicable are all value added details resulting from extensive personal 
research, all information which makes this work so valuable for family historians.
 
In the church register the mother's maiden name is only recorded when the birth 
is illegitimate, but again through personal research the maiden name of many of the 
married women has been discovered as well. However to the delight of family historians 
everwhere Rev.Keane routinely recorded the family name of all mothers (at least until 
October 1832 - why did he stop?) and what is more he indicated those who were married 
by recording the notation "his wife" under her name.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then by reference
number. The records in the register are not always in strict chronological order 
but this has been corrected in this work.
 
The Rev. John Espy Keane continued as incumbent from the previous decade 
until November 1837 when Rev.Joseph Kidd Walpole took over until the end of 1839.
He was replaced by Rev.Charles Woodward who remaind until the end of the decade. 
Occasional baptisms were performed during the decade by the Reverends: James Gunther, 
Thomas Hassall, William Lisle, Thomas Sharpe, Richard Taylor. Bishop William Grant Broughton 
even officiated at a baptism in 1834. The Rev Walpole christened his own daughter 
in 1838.
 
With regard to the fathers 86% have been identified.
 
Fifthy three were colonial born plus 24 were childhood arrivals, combined making up 
15% of the total; 227 were convicts or former convicts (44%); 49 from the military (10%) 
and 85 arrived free in the colony (17%). There was one aboriginal father.
 
With regard to the mothers 85% have been identified.
 
One hundred and twenty three were colonial born plus 53 were childhood arrivals,
combined making up 34% of the total; 147 were convicts or former convicts (29%) and
110 arrived free in the colony (22%). There was one aboriginal mother.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, seventy five (15%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There were two baptisms in the State Archives Pioneer Series file which 
have no entry on this parish register. It is very likely that both result from 
typographical errors and relate to post 1840 birhts. These are identified with the 
percent sign (%). 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. The numbering system continued from the previous 
decade at 0357 and run to 0795 by the end of the decade. Number 0500 appears to be
duplicate of 0370.
Baptisms relating to births prior to 1831 are indicated with a hash sign 
(#), duplicate baptisms are indicated with an asterix (*) and baptisms for 
children born at sea with a percent sign (%).
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "HTK" on Lists 1 & 2. To 
locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name would 
be made on Lists 1 or 2 from which the reference number would be retrieved, 
secondly using the appropriate number, the entry would be located.

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