Help understanding christening and burial records for twins
For this christening record (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2225/images/IJ-1638_1099__9-064600_4?ssrc=&backlabel=Return, top left, 1788, twins Ingeborg and Britta) were the twins given an emergency baptism on the 21st and then formally baptised the 22nd? If so, which do you recommend that I list as the "christening" in FamilySearch Tree?
For this burial record for the same twins (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2225/images/IJ-1638_1099__9-079500_4?ssrc=&backlabel=Return, first entry for 1789), am I correct that Ingeborg died on January 1st and Britta died January 13th and that both girls were buried February 1st?
Thanks so much!
Cody Bailey
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Riksarkivet (SVAR) has clearer records that are easier to read than Ancestry's records are. See here for the birth record: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0023842_00094#?c=&m=&s=&cv=93&xywh=1265%2C222%2C1803%2C1555 .
As I read it it says that Ingeborg and Britta were born on 21 Dec and baptized at home on the same day for "vague cause" on the 22nd Dec. The parents are Ådde Andersson and Greta Persdotter in Bråta.
This is them in the household records: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0023834_00018#?c=&m=&s=&cv=17&xywh=0%2C1088%2C3350%2C2778 . This looks like it says the twins were born on 17 Dec and Ingeborg died 22 of the same (or perhaps the following month-that would make more sense) month and Britta died 13 Jan 1789. Keep in mind that this is a secondary source for births and deaths and so it can be incorrect. At any rate, I would trust the dates on the death record instead of these dates.
The death record here: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/C0023842_00243#?c=&m=&s=&cv=242&xywh=2780%2C1490%2C3401%2C1826 reads "the 1st Jan died girl child Ingeborg Åddesdr. and the 13 ditto (Jan) died the sister Britta Åddesdr. twin child in from Bråta and buried 1st Feb Died of a stroke/blow." I presume they were both buried on the same date.
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Okay, thanks!
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Father is Udde Andersson
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