age at confirmation

Published by Denise Hernand… -

Hi

I was wondering about age at confirmation in the 1700's and 1800's. Anyone happen to know?

Regards
Denise

Hello Laura and Jose Carlos

Thank you so much for your responses - I would never have guessed babies would be confirmed. The baptism in batches years apart is also good info - I imagine it could be the same for confirmations, explaing the gap I referred to in the other forum topic I recently posted.

It is great to be a member of NR and have others I can turn to for info and advice!

Regards,
Denise

I would guess shortly after baptism. This has generally been the custom in Mexico, and though it has started to change to the US norm of 15ish (sophomore in hs), I find that many Mexican children have already been confirmed.

Laura Gonzalez

Because of local customs, in some locations, children are confirmed shortly after being baptised; often as babies. Others when they are 8 to 14 years old.

I discovered that in northern Sonora, Mexico, in the 1800s, children were baptised in huge groups at a time. I found thousands were baptised all at once in a 2-3 day period every few years apart. Entire children of each family were baptised at the same time regardless of age.

I surmise it was because in the rural areas the Catholic Bishop didn't get around too often.

Jose Carlos de Leon

Genealogy Research