FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NORFOLK, VA.
BAPTISMS 1867-1888
Transcribed and Compiled by William C. Wooldridge
Every baptism in this list was performed by Rev. Geo. D. Armstrong D.D. Date is date of baptism, not birth. Parents’ names rearranged in alphabetical order; original list is in date order. Given names of children baptized are indented under their parents. There are no baptisms recorded in 1880, 1881, or 1883. Material in parentheses is from the list; material in square brackets is supplied. Errors are possible in transcription, especially in the case of initials.
From pages 352-63 of 1st Pres Session Minutes 1867-1888, a brown leather bound volume with stamped page numbers 1-365 labeled on spine: Historical Notes/ Session Minutes 1867-1888/ Financial Statements/ Membership 1867-1888 Typed note inside front cover with Union Theological Seminary call number: Archives V3 No F527 I First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, Va. Session Minutes v.3 – May 18, 1867 – December 4, 1888.
Deposited [at UTS] by order of Session 1/9/62 [Jan. 9, 1962]
Adams, George V. & ---
James Hooker Nov. 17, 1887 Ames, Lucetta A. (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Anderson, Harriet L. (dt.) Margaret Edith Aug. 30, 1874 Baker, Mrs. Hen’a S. (adult) May 31, 1868 Barrow, George T. (adult) April 16, 1871 Barrow, Laura A. (adult) May 28, 1871 Battley, George W. & Alice Lee Percival LaFayette July 11, 1887 Baugh, Mrs. Alice Claiborne Hortense Barksdale (dt.) June 26, 1871 Baylor, Richard & Isabella Mary McIntosh
Charles McIntosh
April 11, 1886
June 24, 1888
Bernard, J. Hamilton & Fanny Virginia Nov. 24, 1871 Black, Ebenezer & Alice John Ebenezer April 9, 1888 Blanks, Henry W. & --- [sic] David Wilson Aug. 25, 1872 Bloxsom [no first name listed] Rosie Virginia (dt.) Feb. 27, 1876 Bloxsome, Mrs. Emily (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Bloxsome, Thomas G. (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Bloxsome, Thos & Ella Walter Armstrong May 30, 1869 Bonney [no first name listed] Samuel Selden (son) Feb. 27, 1876 Bonney, W. A. & Ella L. Wilson Moran
Henry Fitz
OscarJune 1, 1873
June 1, 1873June 12, 1888
Bottimore, Kate G. (adult) May 28, 1871 Bowen, Mr. Samuel (adult) July 20, 1878 Broughton, John & Mattie John
Mattie Bell
[Jan. 11] 1871
Jan. 11, 1871Broughton, Thos B. & Hattie J. Mattie Shelburne
Jean Soutter
Feb. 28, 1869
Feb. 28, 1869
Brown, W. B. & Lottie Lottie Reid May 25, 1879 Burruss, Cicero (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Bryan, Fred & Mary E. Frederick Armstrong
Mary Lee (dt.)
Clarence Barden (son)
Feb. 28, 1869
Jan. [11?] 1871
June 2, 1872Bryan, Virginia Francis (adult) March 1, 1868 Bush, W.P.D. & Carrie V Kate Ghiselin
Finley Ferguson
Sidney James
Sue Ghiselin
Lillie
Henry Reynolds
{Oct. 18, 1868 Cabler, --- & Jennie Kepler Wingfield May 16, 1886 Capps, Mary Frances (adult) Aug. 29, 1869 Capps, Mary F. & Leonard O. Leonard James
Fanny Moore
Charles R. (son)
Aug. 29, 1869
Aug. 29, 1869
Aug. 27, 1871Carman, James L. & F. D. James Lebbeus May 16, 1886 Cason, Benjamin F. (adult) May 31, 1874 Cason, Julia Herbert (adult) May 31, 1874 Chewning, Jno. Granville [adult?] April 6, 1885 Coates, Miss Emma L. (adult) Feb. 25, 1872 Collins, W. H. & Millie F. Elizabeth French (dt.) Feb. 27, 1876 Cooke, William & Eloise Jennie Currie May 9, 1886 Corfrew, David & Laura Albert Bartie (son)
Susan Rush (dt.)
{May 28, 1874 Corfrew, John & Augusta Burruss (son) Dec. 4, 1870 Crowell, D. C. & Hannah Eva Jane
Hannah Matthews (dt.)
May 31, 1868
Dec. 4, 1870Curdts, Edward W. & Fannie R Alice Augusta Oct. 8, 1888 Curdts, Ella Rosa [adult?] July 11, 1884 Curdts, George [adult?] Oct. 7, 1884 Curdts, Louis & Ella Willie Theodore (son)
Minnie Amelia (dt.)
May 28, 1871
May 28, 1871Curdts, Louis & Amelia Ada Virginia (dt.) Nov. 30, 1873 Davis, Edwin Burgess [adult?] Sept. 5, 1886 Dixon (Dickson), Peter & --- Peter Oct. 7, 1884 Dornin, Thomas L. & Grace George Armstrong (son)
Thomas Bernard (son)
Annie HowisonFeb. 27, 1876
Feb. 25, 1878
April 11, 1886Dunbar, G. John Jacob May 31, 1874 Dunbar, James E. (adult) Sept. 5, 1886 Dunbar, James E. & Evelina Gilbert Dunstan (son) Nov. 13, 1877 Eastham, Jackson (adult) May 29, 1867 Eastville, Holland Clarence Whitaker (son) May 12, 1877 Evelina [no last name given] Mary Pray
James Edward
{May 31, 1874 Elliott, Kempe [?] B. (adult) April 16, 1871 Faber, --- & --- Joannis Dan Oct. 8, 1888 Farenholdt, Mrs. Ella (adult) Aug. 27, 1871 Frick, Eli Stifer (adult) May 31, 1874 Gaines, --- & Cynthia Henry Otis (son)
Lottie Augusta (dt.)
Aug. 3, 1878
June 2, 1879Gamage, Miss Cornelia (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Ghiselin, Henry & Matilda E. Susan Jemima
Henry Ellis
Bessie Lee
James Walter
Joseph
Robert Reynolds
{April 21, 1872 Goffogan [?], Emma (adult) Nov. 27, 1875 Goodridge, Ferguson E. & Annie B William Broughton (son)
Virginius Zabriskie (son)
Jan. 11, 1871
Dec. 1, 1872Goodridge, Geo K. & Ella M Helen McGregor
Harry Buchanan (son)
George (son)
Ferguson Anderson (son)May 30, 1869
May 28, 1871
Aug. 30, 1874
Feb. 27, 1876Hathaway, Grover Cleveland [adult?] Oct. 18, 1885 Hazlewood, Miss Mary Alice (adult) Aug. 31, 1879 Henson [?], William Frederick (adult) May 31, 1874 Herbert, --- & Mary V. Eliza Harris (dt.) May 25, 1879 Herman, Cornelius & Loz F. Henry Spofford May 19, 1867 Herring, Jas R. & Roberta Annie Roberta May 30, 1869 Houghton, Harry S. [or L.] (adult) May 29, 1867 Howell, Murdock & Salome Margaret Grove May 30, 1869 Huston, Harry E. & Alice L. Margaret Stevens April 9, 1888 Johnson, Elisha R. & Julia Ruth Armstrong April 17, 1870
(born May 27, 1867)Johnston, Geo. W. & Eliz T. Susan Boush
Louisa Custis
May 19, 1867
Nov. 29, 1869Jones, Walter H. & Florence C. Kenneth Swank Oct. 8, 1888 Kelly, M. & Alice Monroe Nov. 28, 1886 Kirby [no first name listed] Joseph Allen (son) Feb. 27, 1876 Kirby, --- & Eliza John Hope (son) May 25, 1879 Lamb, Enoch F. & Ella Samuel Selden
Frederick Cicey [?] (son)
Enoch Ferebee
May 5, 1878
July 21, 1879
April 5, 1886Lee, Thomas C. (adult) April 5, 1886 Lowry, John [adult?] Jan. 3, 1882 Lowry, Thomas Edmund [adult?] Jan. 3, 1882 Mebane, Lucy Sutton (adult) April 16, 1871 Meserve, William N. (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Moreland, Richard R. & Agnis Mary Thompson
James Thomas (son)
Jan. 23, 1870
May 19, 1873Morisett, Thomas & Fannie Fannie (dt.) Jan. 28, 1879 Murray, Kenton C. & Ada F. Ada Fonnerdon July 11, 1887 Nebelung, Augusta Robert [adult?] Oct. 2, 1884 Odenthal, Grace Celeste [adult?] Nov. 28, 1886 Odenthal, Herman Franklin [adult?] Nov. 5, 1886 Osburn, A. M. & Jennie Alexander Plummer May 16, 1886 Owen, Evan & Elizabeth Evan (son)
Catherine Jane (dt.)Dec. 1, 1872
Dec. 14, 1874Page, Huldah May Lena [adult?] Oct. 18, 1885 Page, Lawrence Charles [adult?] Oct. 18, 1885 Patterson, Margaret Irene Estelle
Mary Ritchie{Aug. 25, 1872 Plummer, --- & Mary V. Henry (son) May 25, 1879 Porter, Imogen Massenberg (adult) Nov. 27, 1875 Procscher, Lillian May [adult?] Jan. 3, 1882 Redmond, J. T. & A. Carlotta Patti (adop’d dt.) Nov. 14, 1878 Reed, Miss Henrietta G. (adult) May 11, 1878 Reed, Mr. Samuel (adult) May 11, 1878 Reid, J.T.S. & Maggie James Taylor Soutter
George Cornelius
Susan Elizabeth
{Oct. 7, 1884 Reynolds, W. D. & Carey William Davis May 31, 1868 Robinson, Almira M. (adult) May 28, 1871 Robinson, William Jones (adult) April 16, 1871 Sampson, William M. & Mary Lee Mary Louise July 11, 1887 Santos, R. W. & Helen Evelyn
Helen Inslee (dt.)
Isabel Moneq
May 31, 1868
June 1, 1873
Jan. 3, 1882Savage, Kemp Elliott [adult?] Nov. 21, 1886 Savage, Anna [adult?] Nov. 21, 1886 Scharch, --- & Lizzie T. Otto William
Bertha Lelia
Jan. 3, 1882
April 5, 1886Schnuss, Henry & --- Rosin Karcher [Kancher?] dt
Edmund Bailey (son)
Charles Porter (son)
{May 5, 1878 Sheldon, Luther (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Slagle, Andrew & Sarah Hattie B.
Andrew J.
William F.
Charles W.
Nettie H
Lillie May
Rosa Louise
John
{April 5, 1886
Oct. 8, 1888ditto
Smith, Annie Elizabeth (adult) May 31, 1874 Smith, Amelia Lena (adult) May 31, 1874 Smith, John & Amelia Charles Anten [or Auten] (son)
Lina May (dt.)
May 31, 1874
Aug. 31, 1879Smith, Saml R. & Annie George Armstrong (son)
William Charles (son)
Arthur Reeve (son)
May 31, 1874
May 13, 1877
May 25, 1879Snyder, Fred & Cath Catherine (dt.) Aug. 22, 1871 Stakes, John (adult) May 31, 1874 Staylor, Geo & Virginia Thomas Walton April 9, 1868 Staylor, Geo & Mattie George William Sept. 7, 1869 Sydnor, --- & Olivia B. William DeBlois July 11, 1887 Sykes, Miss Mordecie (adult) May 25, 1879 Thomas, Henry G. & Susan Clifford Maupin
Berta More
{Dec. 14, 1874 Tooley, Mary (adult) Nov. 24, 1878 Thorburn, Chas E. & R. F. Isabella McIntosh June 18, 1868 Trotman, Mrs. Elizabeth Eleanor (dt.) Aug. 27, 1871 Tunstall, Dr. A. & Annie D. Alexander (son)
Richard
Sept. 14, 1878
June 15, 1888Vail, Vernon Armstrong [adult?] Sept. 5, 1886 Vaughan, R. Frank (adult) Feb. 26, 1871 Vaughan, R. Frank & Mary E William Hallett
Frank Wade
Robert (son)
Elizabeth Dixon (dt.)
Albert Moore
May 30, 1869
Feb. 26, 1871
Feb. 25, 1872
March 1, 1874
April 5, 1886Vellines, Elizabeth Loving [adult?] May 16, 1886 Walker, Annie Manion (adult) Nov. 27, 1875 Walker, --- & Annie M Anna Maria (dt.) May 25, 1879 Wentworth, Frederick [adult?] Aug. 31, 1873 Wharton, E. & S. A. Richard Perry
Elizabeth Jennings
Eva Jackson
{May 16, 1886 Wilson, J. Junius & Lenora V. Joseph Archibald
Lenora Virginia
{May 28, 1867 Woodhouse, Wm W & Susan Va Albert Sidney
Kate Pinckney (dt.)
Aug. 30, 1868
March 2, 1873Wright, Lillie Crawley [adult?] Nov. 28, 1886 Wright, Mary [adult?] Oct. 7, 1884 Wright, Paul N. & Rosa K. Paul Nolan April 9, 1888 Wright, W. B. F. & Lillie M. Clara Irene April 9, 1888 ---- [last name omitted] J. & M. K. Almira Elizabeth (dt.) Nov. 14, 1878
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