I forgot to mention that Susanna Wesley Rogerson was baptised a few days after her birth, but there is no recorded baptism of Elizabeth Rogerson. Also,although census records in 1851 and 1861 showed the child's name as just "Elizabeth Rogerson", when she married in 1865, the certificate records her name as "Susanna Wesley Elizabeth Rogerson"! Jim -----Original Message----- From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of roy.stockdill@btinternet.com Sent: 28 January 2013 13:43 To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Curious case of two birth registrations From: "Jim Whitton" <birdboot@btinternet.com> > I have obtained a certificate showing birth of Susanna Wesley ROGERSON > on 21/10/1841, registered at London Rd on 30/10 1841. I also have a > certificate showing death of her mother, Elizabeth ROGERSON, on > 29/10/1841,also registered on 30/10/1841. > > I also have a certificate showing birth of Elizabeth ROGERSON, to the > same parents, on the same date, but at a different address, registered > at the neighbouring district of Ancoats on 26/11/1841. > > I suspect that the father must have decided to rename Susanna after > her mother's death and so went to another district and gave a > fictitious, or perhaps a relation's, address. Has anyone else come > across such a case?> I presume you are absolutely certain it was the same child? Could it have been a different child but with the same named parents? Coincidences are ten a penny in genealogy! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message