Gravesend Catholic records

[Jonosue]

Would anyone have access to the records of the catholic church in Milton in Gravesend? I have copies of entries for my great grandfather Edwin Hicks and his three brothers, Henry, Edmund and Thomas. They were all baptised on the same day, 5 Aug 1849. I have often wondered why they were all 'done' together, and think perhaps the whole family was converted to catholicism, and maybe the baptism of their parents, Thomas Hicks and Mary nee Golding were recorded at the same time. would someone be able to check that for me?
Thank you very much.
Sue

[PaulineJ]

Bptisms of kids as job lots are hardly uncommon.

what specific name is the church known by?
Where did the kids' baptism records come from?
ask that source about the entries before and after the kids.

[Deirdre784]

Catholic baptisms were usually performed within days (few weeks at most) of birth.

[Bookbox]

Catholic baptisms were usually performed within days (few weeks at most) of birth.

Not on this occasion. 4 children were baptised at St John the Evangelist RC, Gravesend, 5 August 1849, parents Thomas Hicks and Mary Golding:

Henry, born 26 Sep 1835
Edmund, born 28 Feb 1838
Thomas, born 9 Feb 1840
Edward, born 26 March 1842

The images aren’t accessible at present, only the transcripts, but there are no baptisms for the Hicks parents showing at that church.

[Jonosue]

Thank you all for replying. I have done a bit of research into the catholic church in Gravesend, and discovered that there was one from 1842 onwards, opened by a Polish priest, and that numbers rose quite rapidly, until eventually they moved into the church known as St John the Evangelist. The dates from my family correspond with the very early beginnings of this church. Knowing that the transcripts don't show the parents (thank you for finding that out for me!) suggests that I have to look further afield for them. Not finding them, therefore, presents a bit of progress!
Sue

[heywood]

There was a child, Arthur Philip Hicks born 1850.
Do you have a baptism for him?

[heywood]

Edmund Ashton Hicks was baptised in April 1838 at St George, Hanover Square C o E.

[Jonosue]

Arthur Philip Hicks, b. 1850, and Mary Hicks,b.1853 are both children of Thomas Hicks and Mary Golding, both in Gravesend. I presume they were Catholics, but haven't found any records to prove that.
Looking at my previous research, Thomas Hicks was baptised in the parish church in Bicester, in Jan. 1810, and Mary Golding was baptised in the parish church in Andover in June of the same year. If they later converted to the Catholic church, they would not have been baptised a second time. Does anyone know whether the RC church kept records of converts, and if so, where would I find them?