Different religions for siblings

[Jang]

I've come across a family of siblings, all single, living together in Limerick. The two brothers, age 31 and 27,  gave their religion as Church of Ireland, their sister, age 25, Catholic, and wondered if this was unusual?

Jan

[Mart 'n' Al]

Without knowing the family history and specific details I can't be sure, but perhaps it just shows that one of the siblings didn't just blindly follow the religion of his parents. It always amazes me that people, if they are religious just carry on with the religion that they were taught about in their childhood. It seems common sense to see what other religions are available, just like changing your utility suppliers.

Martin

[Jang]

Thanks Martin, I didn't think to check the rest of the family. The parents were RC but the other daughter born 1882 was Church of Ireland in 1901, like her brothers.

[heywood]

Are they the same in 1911?

[Sinann]

Not common but also not unusual, often children of a mixed marriage were baptised in one of the churches of either parent along gender lines.

In this case were both parents RC before they married?

[Jang]

Yes, Heywood, they were the same in 1911.

Sinann, I haven't found the marriage of the parents yet. They were James Lane and Anne Keating, having children from 1867 to 1886 in Limerick.

[Sinann]

Don't see a likely one on in the Civil Reg index so they may have an RC marriage before 1864.

[heywood]

1901, mother Anne is Catholic.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Limerick/Garrane/Knocknagranshy/1489185/

Is this the family?

[Jang]

Yes, that's the family. I found Anne's death in Feb 1911 in Knocknagranshy. She was a widow so her husband, James died before then but nothing's coming up in Croom. Perhaps he was Church of Ireland ...