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Didn't mince their words, did they?

Post by emanday » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:25 pm

I've just downloaded an OPR which is a mixture of both baptisms and marriages. The writing was so small and closely written I had to read each entry carefully to find my chap.

There were the usual selection of naturals and lawfuls, then - horrors (I've left out the surnames to protect the innocent :lol: )...

Donald ----- and Katherine ----- had their adulterous daughter ----- baptised by a sponsor :shock:

Looks like the meenister wanted nuttin to do with it :shock:
[b]Mary[/b]
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McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Re: Didn't mince their words, did they?

Post by DavidWW » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:30 pm

emanday wrote:I've just downloaded an OPR which is a mixture of both baptisms and marriages. The writing was so small and closely written I had to read each entry carefully to find my chap.

There were the usual selection of naturals and lawfuls, then - horrors (I've left out the surnames to protect the innocent :lol: )...

Donald ----- and Katherine ----- had their adulterous daughter ----- baptised by a sponsor :shock:

Looks like the meenister wanted nuttin to do with it :shock:
Par for the course in terms of the language used in such situations by the post-Reformation presbyterian churches in Scotland.

Have a read of Scotland's national poet's pome "Holy Wullie" :!:

David
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Post by trish1 » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:26 am

It gives a reason as to why my great Aunt from the strict Presbyterian family committed suicide on finding she was pregnant in the early 20th Century, the burial service being read by a family member.

I am glad some things have changed.

Trish
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Post by Falkyrn » Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:49 pm

Today after much searching I found an OPR for one of my ancestors only to see in one of the columns marked "Relief" ... my initial instinct of poor relief was wrong and I found out that it referred to the "Relief Congregation" who were a breakaway church in Stirling.
Wanting to know more about them I found this entry in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ninians ...... now thats what I call a speech :twisted:
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Post by DavidWW » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:35 pm

Falkyrn wrote:Today after much searching I found an OPR for one of my ancestors only to see in one of the columns marked "Relief" ... my initial instinct of poor relief was wrong and I found out that it referred to the "Relief Congregation" who were a breakaway church in Stirling.
Wanting to know more about them I found this entry in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ninians ...... now thats what I call a speech :twisted:
Weel worth the read :!:

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Post by emanday » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:17 pm

Wow :shock: They really didn't want him, did they?
[b]Mary[/b]
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McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Post by LesleyB » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:29 pm

Should be on the stage, that man =D> ...Impresssive stuff!

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