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Title: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: Melton on Tuesday 09 December 25 23:19 GMT (UK)
James was born to James and Mary Ann (nee Woods) Fletcher and was probably baptised in a Roman Catholic church.  His parents were married in 1849 at Saint Augustine's Catholic Chapel, Manchester.
I'm looking for an image of his baptism register entry, if there is one on-line.  Can anyone trace it or suggest where I might find it please?  I've tried Ancestry, FindmyPast etc.
Many thanks
Mel
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: mckha489 on Wednesday 10 December 25 00:32 GMT (UK)


https://mlfhs.uk/databases/catholic-records/register-index
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: trish1120 on Wednesday 10 December 25 10:57 GMT (UK)
Nothing on LancsOPC or FreeREG either for James.
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 10 December 25 11:46 GMT (UK)
Quote from: mckha489 on Wednesday 10 December 25 00:32 GMT (UK)


https://mlfhs.uk/databases/catholic-records/register-index

With this site, you can often cross reference names of parents/sponsors in the indexes.
https://mlfhs.uk/databases/catholic-records

There is a baptism of James Fletcher 1855, at St Augustine’s.
There does not seem to be any parents indexed so it may not be the right James.
You would need to go back to the records posted by mckha489 re access.
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 10 December 25 12:58 GMT (UK)
Have you located baptisms for their daughters Elizabeth c1852 Manchester & Charlotte c1860 Bolton area
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 10 December 25 15:40 GMT (UK)
There is a baptism for Charlotte in 1860 at Saint Edmunds, Bolton. Ancestry has some Catholic records.
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: Melton on Wednesday 10 December 25 20:59 GMT (UK)
Thank you everyone.  I've now got the information available, which is a transcript of the baptism record, unfortunately without parents' names, but pretty sure it's the correct one.
mckha489 and heywood thanks for the link.  I looked at the Lancashire Archives site and confirmed that they don't have the original registers for 1855.
Much appreciated.
Mel
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: heywood on Wednesday 10 December 25 21:39 GMT (UK)
Thank you for letting us know.
The Manchester Catholic records, as I said, can be useful as they often show parents and sponsors  in the index and sometimes that’s just enough.
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: jonwarrn on Wednesday 10 December 25 21:41 GMT (UK)
Index, not transcript
"The registers of baptisms between 1826 and 1855 were lost but not before an index had been created of the names and dates for children baptised 1838-1855."
Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: wilcoxon on Thursday 11 December 25 10:18 GMT (UK)
Charlotte was nearly 2 when she was baptised.
Charlotta Fletcher.
Birth Date26 Mar 1860 Baptism Date 23 Mar 1862

Baptism Church Edmundi Bolton, Lancashire,
FatherJacobi Fletcher Mother Maria Anna Fletcher / Wood
No godfather,  god mother Rosanna Entwistle

Title: Re: Baptism of James Fletcher, born 1855 in Ardwick, Manchester
Post by: Melton on Thursday 11 December 25 11:45 GMT (UK)
Thank you Wilcox on.  This is useful confirmation that I'm on the right track.
Mel