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SCRINIA SLAVONICA : Annual of the Department for the History of Slavonia, Srijem and Baranja of the Croatian Institute of History, Vol. 17 No. 1, 2017.

Original scientific paper

Some Aspects of the Demographic Past of the Parish of Nova Gradiška According to the Parish Registers of Baptisms from 1878-1890

Danijela Juranović

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Abstract

This paper analyses the Parish Registers of Baptisms of the Nova Gradiška Parish from 1878 to 1890. After a short history on the analysed area, a review has been given referring to the gender structure of the baptized/born, the rhythm of conceptions and births per month in the analysis period, the data on midwives and baptisers, the coefficient of masculinity and femininity in the analysed period has been determined, the number and gender structure of baptized twins and the number of children born out of wedlock and their percentage in the total amount of baptized persons; on the basis of the literature, this was compared to other areas in Croatia. This paper gives a short analysis of male and female names of children as well as the social status and the occupations of the godparents. In the analysis period of the parish of Nova Gradiška 2,504 children were baptized, to wit 1,243 boys (49.60%) and 1,261 girls (50.40%); in average 192.6 children, were baptized annually. The highest number of baptized was recorded in 1881 (221 children, i.e. 8.83%), and the lowest number in 1878 (168, i.e. 6.71%). The data obtained was compared to other areas in Croatia and the specifics of the local populace were presented. Most of the children were baptized within 5 days of birth and only a few within a month of birth. In the parish of Nova Gradiška, according to the Parish Registers of baptized persons, in the period analysed, most of the children were born in March which complies with the data characteristic of the whole of Europe, that the maximum amount of births occurred in late winter and early spring. The analysis of parish registers of baptisms revealed some specificities of the Nova Gradiška populace in the period covered by the registers (1878-1890) which have not been researched yet, but present a research contribution to a broader demographic image of the Nova Gradiška area.

Keywords

historical demography; parish registers; 1878-1890; Nova Gradiška

Hrčak ID:

197911

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/197911

Publication date:

31.10.2017.

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