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thank you Irma, great information there. . .I wish I had the interest
in la familia when my parents were alive.
thanks,
joseph
Irma GomezLucero wrote:
I recall telling my mom &
aunt about a family baptism record having the wrong information. They
informed the same about the mother not attending her own child's
baptism. The mother stayed in bed, had chicken soup, and didn't bathe
for 40 days! It used to be the belief that a child needed to be
baptized right away within a few days of birth. Since the mother
needed to "Guardar reposo" for 40 days, she was unable to attend the
baptism. The father did go with the godparents in our experience. My
father even had to hire someone to take care of my mother after my
oldest sister's birth. This lady cared for my mom, and their home
during these 40 days which was a real financial drain on them at the
time. I guess he had to go to work, and couldn't care for her &
the baby. I met the elderly lady on my last visit to Mexico with my
dad. My mother only attended her children's baptisms when she
immigrated to the U.S.
Irma
so if the mother was in bed and the father was off doing war or
work
then no one for the family except the padrinos were there to tell the
story. . .hmmmm, this makes good sense now.
thanks,
joseph
ps: where did you get the "Mothers were never at baptisms since the
custom was for her to stay in bed for 40 days.. " information?
Erlinda Castanon-Long wrote:
>Many times information was being given by other members of the
party
>at the church who did not know who parents or grandparents were,
>especially if the people were deceased or the family had moved.
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>Mothers were never at baptisms since the custom was for her to stay
in
>bed for 40 days.. that meant that someone else had to give her
family
>info and they were often wrong if there had been a remarriage after
>the death of the first wife, her mother, for instance..
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>Linda from Wa.
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