big gap in births could they have moved

[JenB]

I wouldnt complicate things. You have a family regularly christening children in a particular place. Unless you have any suggestion , evidence, or reason to believe they had other children in between that were christened elsewhere, I wouldnt even give it a thought.

I agree 100% 

[Guy Etchells]

I would suggest there was a high chance of a miscarriage in 1813/14 and another in 1820.
Try checking burial registers for a stillbirth, abortion or miscarriage in or around those years.

Cheers
Guy

[oldhippyone]

I have searched baptisims and burials for years 1812 through to 1815band nothing but will search again tomorrow

[oldhippyone]

The only death I found was for james in 1811 age 11 weeks son to william and elizabeth morrison

[JenB]

Try checking burial registers for a stillbirth, abortion or miscarriage in or around those years.

All the children named in the original post were baptised at St Cuthbert & St Mary, Chester le Street.

Durham Records Online has burials there from 1558 onwards.

A burial search of 1815 +/- 20 years produces only four Morrison burials, three of which were of adults. The other is Catherine, born 1821, who is possibly their daughter.

[oldhippyone]

thank you jenb i will look now

[JenB]

thank you jenb i will look now

Here it is, parents names not given, but she was 21 months old, which would make her birth pre-July 1821 when your Catherine was baptised. So could perhaps be the same one.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11807-155761-58?cc=1309819&wc=9K59-JWP:13618101,16337901,17283302

[oldhippyone]

hi jenb , i have just looked at durham records on line and all that was brought up was burrials of 3 in the years 1784,1776, 1780 no catherine there were 2 elizabeths and one henry all for chester le street

[oldhippyone]

thanks jenb i was looking on durham records on line