Missing Marriage and Baptisms at Manchester Cathedral?

[brer]

Hi

Firstly, I'm trying to find a marriage for Thomas SEVERS (1813) and Mary ? (1815)

Thomas was from London but Mary from Gorton near Manchester. They had their first child (I think) in 1839 - I'm missing some baptisms though (all children born in "Manchester") - see below. Thomas' sister Martha was married at Manchester Cathedral a couple of the children's baptisms are also there. all if but I am missing these ones -

Emma SEVERS 1839
Ann SEVERS 1840
Edwin SEVERS 1843
JR SEVERS 1848

and then I have the baptisms of

Thomas SEVERS - 17/08/1856
Louisa Isabella SEVERS - 01/01/1854

Both at Manchester Cathedral.

Any help would be very much appreciated

Thank you

~ Claire

[andrewalston]

FreeBMD has Emma registered Q2 1839, Ann Q1 1841 and Edwin Q3 1842, which should narrow down the searches.

In the 1851 image the J in JR might just be a T - it might have been used to differentiate between him and his father. The enumerator's writing is not good enough to make it out.

Either way there is no matching entry in FreeBMD, which claims to have the relevant period sorted. It seems the family had not got this new-fangled registration thing sorted out.