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Baptism at Swanage, Dorset, England · 24 June 1798 — Local Past

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Baptism at Swanage, Dorset, England · 24 June 1798

24 June 1798 · Baptism

Added by Clare Hopkins on 9 Sept 2026

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Baptism

Clare Hopkins · 9 Sept 2026

Baptism of William Keates

Person: William Keates
Recorded as William Keats
Date: 24 June 1798
Place: Swanage, Dorset
Father: James Keates
Recorded as James Keats
Mother: Rachael Talbot
Recorded as Rachel Keats

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