This is a question that will not have an answer, but I am wondering if anyone on this list has had a similar occurrence in their family. My family moved to Bolton from Stockport in 1871. They had children born in 1872 and 1873 in Bolton but returned to Stockport to have these two children baptized (a year later and several months later for the 2nd child). They did not return to Stockport until 1876. Their children were baptized in a Roman Catholic Church in Stockport. Does anyone have any idea why this familydid not have their children baptized in Bolton? Thank you for any input. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D Digest V06 #206

Money not available. I thought multiple baptisms were pretty much the norm in poor times. -----Original Message----- From: Jan Fortado [mailto:janfortado@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 9:02 AM To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] why would someone not have their children baptized in Bolton? This is a question that will not have an answer, but I am wondering if anyone on this list has had a similar occurrence in their family. My family moved to Bolton from Stockport in 1871. They had children born in 1872 and 1873 in Bolton but returned to Stockport to have these two children baptized (a year later and several months later for the 2nd child). They did not return to Stockport until 1876. Their children were baptized in a Roman Catholic Church in Stockport. Does anyone have any idea why this familydid not have their children baptized in Bolton? Thank you for any input. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:00 PM Subject: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D Digest V06 #206 ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== For Family/Local History covering Bolton, Horwich, Farnworth, Westhoughton and Turton. Please keep the messages coming. ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

Hi Jan, I'd have thought that the wife and possibly her husband perhaps had a long-standing relationship with the church of her childhood as perhaps did one or both sets of grandparents. And perhaps the grandparents and other relatives and friends who would go to the ceremony would also be still living in Stockport. In that case, the travel and accommodation of one family would have been easier to organise and finance than that of several families. It's also not at all unknown for children to be born in the grandparent's home town in these situations because the mother has returned to her original home for the confinement to be in the care of her mother. Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton From: "Jan Fortado" <janfortado@comcast.net> > My family moved to Bolton from Stockport in 1871. They had children born > in 1872 and 1873 in Bolton but returned to Stockport to have these two > children baptized (a year later and several months later for the 2nd > child). They did not return to Stockport until 1876. Their children were > baptized in a Roman Catholic Church in Stockport. > Does anyone have any idea why this familydid not have their children > baptized in Bolton?

Jan I think this is fairly common occurrence. Families were attached to a local Church from where they moved. I've one lot who travelled from Elle (near Lancaster) to christen their later children at Chipping (a little way from Preston). The difficulty with this is that often two children are christened together, but may be a couple of years or more apart in age. Which, before 1837, can lead one astray re ages etc. cheers, Cassie On 07/07/2006, at 11:01 PM, Jan Fortado wrote: > This is a question that will not have an answer, but I am wondering > if anyone on this list has had a similar occurrence in their family. > > My family moved to Bolton from Stockport in 1871. They had children > born in 1872 and 1873 in Bolton but returned to Stockport to have > these two children baptized (a year later and several months later > for the 2nd child). They did not return to Stockport until 1876. > Their children were baptized in a Roman Catholic Church in Stockport. > > Does anyone have any idea why this familydid not have their > children baptized in Bolton? > > Thank you for any input. > > Jan > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D- > request@rootsweb.com> > To: <ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 11:00 PM > Subject: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D Digest V06 #206 > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== > For Family/Local History covering Bolton, Horwich, Farnworth, > Westhoughton and Turton. Please keep the messages coming. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and > friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/ > 2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >