Charlotte Brontë at home . C 3. Removal to Haworth 11 The friendly kinsman, Rev. William Mor-gan, came to the front again, August 20,1818, the Sunday on which the Brontesfifth child and fourth daughter received thename of Emily Jane, in affectionate remem-brance of Mrs. Morgan, the sister-cousin ofMaria Branwells girlhood. By now, it was a matter of course thatthe Parson should have a new baby everyyear to show to the rural Register of Baptisms in the Parish ofBradford and Chapelry of Thornton containstwo entries that deviate from the four-year-old record. Anne Bronte was not
Charlotte Brontë at home . C 3. Removal to Haworth 11 The friendly kinsman, Rev. William Mor-gan, came to the front again, August 20,1818, the Sunday on which the Brontesfifth child and fourth daughter received thename of Emily Jane, in affectionate remem-brance of Mrs. Morgan, the sister-cousin ofMaria Branwells girlhood. By now, it was a matter of course thatthe Parson should have a new baby everyyear to show to the rural Register of Baptisms in the Parish ofBradford and Chapelry of Thornton containstwo entries that deviate from the four-year-old record. Anne Bronte was not offeredfor baptism until March 25, 1820, and herfather is set down, not as Minister ofThornton, as at Charlottes christening,or, as when Emilys turn came, of Thorn-ton Parsonage, but as Minister ofHaworth. He had been appointed to theliving of that place a month or so prior toAnnes birth. Mrs. Gaskell thinks the family removalto Haworth took place in February, that case, the baby would hardly havebeen christened in Thor
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