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Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP

Posted by Maureen Kenchington on 18/6/2021, 8:21 am

Find My Past has transcriptions (no images for these dates) of burial records in Clayhidon. Two separate transcriptions record the burials of

Sarah Pike, burial date 12 May 1782 Clayhidon, 'An Infant Sister Of Robert'
Robert Pike, burial date 12 May 1782 Clayhidon, 'An Infant Brother Of Sarah'

DFHS has the Parish Register images for this date, and in the register the burial is simply recorded on one line as 'Betty and Sarah Pike, Infants, May the 12th'. The first name is faint but I think looks much more like Betty than Robert. There are no indications of any relationship between the infants, or of the names of their parents. Where has this information come from? (I have not found any record of baptism in the Clayhidon register).

There is also a transcription of the burial of Mary Pike, daughter of Edmund and Sarah, buried 23 Feb 1782, which should actually be on the same date a year later, but there is no way to report errors on these records.

Re: Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP

Posted by Maureen Kenchington on 18/6/2021, 9:10 am, in reply to "Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP"

I've now found the baptisms of Betty 17 Jan 1781 and Sarah 06 Apr 1783, daughters of Jacob and Sarah Pike so not (to my current knowledge) related to me. But where did Robert, pitiful 'Infant Brother Of Sarah' come from?

Re: Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP

Posted by Deborah O'Brien on 18/6/2021, 8:31 am, in reply to "Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP"

I have looked at the burial register and also the Bishop's Transcripts which are available through Family Search. The BTs clearly state:
Burials 1782
Betty & Sarah PIKE, infants May 12th
The BTs also contain the burial of Mary PIKE Feb 2nd 1783. (no relationships mentioned)

Re: Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP

Posted by Maureen Kenchington on 18/6/2021, 8:54 am, in reply to "Re: Mystery Clayhidon burial transcriptions on FMP"

Yes, the burial of Mary daughter of Edmund and Sarah Pike on 23 Feb 1783 is immediately below that of Mary Pike (presumably an adult) on 2 Feb in the register.

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