BAPTISMS - ST LUKES LIVERPOOL

 
 
There were 341 baptisms performed at St Lukes Liverpool during the decade, 
although 20 refer to children born before 1831, plus 13 performed after 1840 
for children born between the years 1831 and 1840, this amounts to 136 more than 
the previous decade. On average there were about three baptisms performed 
per month 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, 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.
 
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.Robert Cartwright continued his chaplaincy from the previous decade 
until he transferred to St James Sydney in September 1836. He was replaced 
by the Rev.Richard Taylor wo stayed until the end of 1838. The Rev.John Duffus took
over in 1839 and for the rest of the decade. Other chaplains who officiated at occasional 
 
baptisms included the Reverends: Robert Forrest, Jakob Wilhelm Gunter,Thomas Hassall, 
 
Samuel Marsden (who baptised his owh grand daughter), Henry Tarlton Styles, John Vincent 
and Henry Williams.
 
With regard to the fathers 80% have been identified.
 
Sixty were colonial born plus twenty two were childhood arrivals, combined 
making up 23% of the total; 112 were convicts or former convicts (32%), 
52 arrived free in the colony (15%) and 38 were in the military (11%).
 
With regard to the mothers 75% have been identified.
 
One hundred and nine were colonial born plus 47 were childhood arrivals,
combined making up 44% of the total; 39 were convicts or former convicts (11%), 
71 arrived free in the colony (20%) and there was one aboriginal mother.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, only twenty five (7%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
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 (%).
 
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 of 
these result from typographical errors and relate to post 1840 baptisms.
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 B108 and run to B364 by the end of 1838 when the numbers were re-initialized 
to C001 and run to C085 by the end of the decade (Number C044 was repeated and numbers 
C057 & C063 were omitted).
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SLL" 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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