Yes, I have seen cases before where parents have saved their babies up until they have a 'job lot'. It was the fact that they were baptised three months apart that was throwing me but Irene's suggestions all made complete sense until we realised how diligent the couple had been and how loyal to the Wesleyan chapels. Joanne Sent from my iPad On 19/02/2013, at 11:56 AM, "Richard" <RS-genealogy@snowman1.f9.co.uk> wrote: > I can't answer the original question but I have just come across a case > where 5 siblings were baptised at the same time! Eldest was 11, youngest > given as "infant". Must be cheaper in bulk! > > Richard > > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Irene Marlborough > Sent: 18 February 2013 20:20 > To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Marriage Records for Manchester Cathedral > > Joanne wrote: "Can anyone suggest why a set of parents might baptise two > children only three months apart and in churches of different > denominations... " > > Yes, there are any number of scenarios that might explain this. > > Here are some: > 1) The babies are twins but one was in dire danger of dying at birth. > Someone baptised the baby as an emergency and had it recorded (as a private > baptism) at the local church. Later the 2nd twin was "done" at the normal > time. > > 2) The family are a bit lax about baptisms and their 2 year old suddenly got > really ill. The nearest clergy attended and baptised the child. Three months > later the family takes the new baby to their own church to be baptised. > > 3) The family have the first child baptised (aged about 1 year) and then > fall out with the clergy. The 2nd church they attend has a new curate > determined to keep up with infant baptisms and insists that the new baby is > baptised within 6 weeks of birth. > > Of course, if Cardwell is a fairly common name then you may just have 2 > different families. It's unfortunate that the Collegiate church baptisms are > so terse. There's absolutely nothing to help you identify that family. > > I don't know if you have these non-Conformist Wesleyan Chapel baptisms: > Elizabeth born 28 Jul 1806 bap 5 Oct 1806 Gt Bridgewater St. Chapel Hannah > born 17 Jul 1804 bap 2 Sep 1804 Gt. Bridgewater St. Chapel Mary born 18 Apr > 1802 bap 23 May 1802 Gravel Lane Wesleyan, Salford Margaret born 22 Feb 1800 > bap 30 Mar 1800 Gravel Lane James born 17 Apr 1798 bap 29 Apr 1798 Gravel > Lane Sarah born 19 Aug 1796 bap 4 Sep 1796 Gravel Lane (mistranscribed as > 1798) > > > These non-Conformist baptisms state that William was a blacksmith of 161 > Newton Lane. I have to say that they seem to be very diligent about having > the babies baptised promptly and all at Wesleyan Chapels. I can't imagine > why they would baptise Ellen at the Collegiate Church unless they were in a > big hurry. And there really isn't enough time from 28 Jul to 28 December > even for a pre-term baby.... The baptism evidence would tend to indicate > that the girls are not sisters but since both were apparently daughters of > William & Mary, you'll need to keep an open mind about it. > > I think that the marriage of William Cardwell (smith) and Mary Hay at the > Collegiate church in 1794 looks promising. > > HTH, Irene > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > 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 > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > 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