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RC and C of E marriage 1904
« on: Saturday 02 September 23 21:29 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
I have found my 2x great uncle's WW1 service record and as that confirmed he was Roman Catholic, I realised that my 2x great grandparents' marriage would have been mixed religion: he (2x great uncle's brother) would have been Irish Roman Catholic, she was Church of England. They had a C of E marriage. I haven't found anything supporting that my 2x ggf converted. How common was that in the early 1900s?
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Davenport, Fear, Heywood, Lees, Bramwood, Fullalove (Lancashire) ; Dawson, Carr, Park, Mattinson, Peel, Threlkeld (Cumberland) ; Hammond, Peacock, Pedley, Alderson (Yorkshire) ; Notman, Irving, Bell (Dumfriesshire, Scotland) ; Curley/Corless, Roche (Ireland, Galway?)

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Re: RC and C of E marriage 1904
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 02 September 23 21:34 BST (UK) »
As far as I'm aware - there was no requirement to formally change religion to get married in the others church
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Re: RC and C of E marriage 1904
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 September 23 22:36 BST (UK) »
I think it was easier for. Mixed marriage between a Catholic and a C of E to marry in a C of E, gather than the reverse. Children of such a marriage were usually expected to be brought up as Roman Catholic.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: RC and C of E marriage 1904
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 02 September 23 22:39 BST (UK) »
Going back to the 1950's & 60's in Liverpool - it was generally felt that any mixed marriage should take place in the bride's church
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Re: RC and C of E marriage 1904
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 03 September 23 09:49 BST (UK) »
How interesting, thanks. I don't know for sure what religion their children were brought up in, but I have found potential confirmation records for them (but there were a few with the same name in the area). Something that caught my eye and would prove they were RC is that my ggf's potential confirmation name was Patrick, and I know he adopted that as a middle name at some point in his life. How common was/is it to use confirmation name as middle name?
Davenport, Fear, Heywood, Lees, Bramwood, Fullalove (Lancashire) ; Dawson, Carr, Park, Mattinson, Peel, Threlkeld (Cumberland) ; Hammond, Peacock, Pedley, Alderson (Yorkshire) ; Notman, Irving, Bell (Dumfriesshire, Scotland) ; Curley/Corless, Roche (Ireland, Galway?)

Please contact me if you know anything about the Fear family of Manchester and Oldham's fish and poultry business  :)
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