Hi Keyboard,
On this occasion, I am glad that you are not correct. See below:
Name: Christopher Robert Moore
Registration Year: 1857
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Durham
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 242
Records on Page:
Name
Sarah Gladden
Christopher Robert Moore
Elisabeth Smith
In the 1861 census, Christopher Robert Moore 25 was married to Elisabeth ( now we know ) Smith. So that was the reason he was named Richard Smith, after his grandmother. As you say, subsequently Christopher Robert married Thomasine Willoway, (what a great name!).
Regarding your last points, I would have known them, if I had known that Thomas had married Mary Isabel Moore, but discovering that, was the purpose of the topic. Thank you for helping me do that.