Charles the Son of William Harper of Fenton in the Parish of Stoke upon Trent in the County of Stafford Labourer and of Sarah his wife, who was the daughter of James and Ann Bradshaw was born on the Eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Four: And was solemnly baptized with water, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, on the Ninth day of September the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirty Four by me Samuel Robinson