Two (different) christening records for the same person in Macclesfield?

[christine56]

No worries, I  have ancestry (world subscription  ;-)  as I don't live in the UK, but still I haven't found them there yet.
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[carol8353]

hi i have seen 'doublings' on the IGI but this one you have is very different to the ones i have seen in the past.

if you can nip onto ancestry at the library perhaps and e mail yourself from yourself to yourself copies to have a more detailed look ?

They are on Find MY Past not Ancestry,but having seen both of the entries they do not explain why she was baptised twice in a month. Maybe one parent was a Methodist and the other C Of E ?

[christine56]

I get what you mean, but David died shortly before Frances was born, so it would have to be her mother who converted. But that would mean she converted twice – from C of E to Methodist and then back to C of E. Seems unlikely but never say never. Smile.
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[mshrmh]

I'm wondering if one parent was Methodist - marriage would have been C of E to be legal IIRC at the time and may be she had Frances baptised in both churches to represent both parents. I see Mary Ellen re-married in 1877 at Prestbury (C of E) & their children seem to have been baptised C of E if I've read FamilySearch correctly. Do you know where David was buried in case that offers any clues?

[christine56]

David was buried at Macclesfield. DC 1874 Q1 Macclesfield 8a 113. I don't think he was Methodist either....
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[christine56]

Can you tell me what IIRC is?
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[mshrmh]

Can you tell me what IIRC is?
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Sorry - "if I recall correctly" IIRC is easier on my two fingered typing!

I can only think there was something that caused the double baptism - do you know what sort of funeral David had? Perhaps there was a notice or report in the local paper - I'm clutching at straws here. The Methodist was first, but then Mary Ellen seems to have reverted to C of E - perhaps they'd gone over to Methodism but there was some "falling out" that sent her back.

[carol8353]

Maybe the grandparents had a say here.....thinking as a grandma myself!

[groom]

I was just thinking that, Carol. It does seem odd as the two baptisms were within a month of each other.