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Re: Baptismal Query, Redford of Banbury.
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 08 July 20 13:33 BST (UK) »
All six of the children are listed in the parish register, all baptised on same day.

Christ Church, South Banbury
22 April 1870

Alfred Harry (born 1860)
Harriet Emma (born 1862)
William (born 1864)
Ellen Elizabeth (born 1866)
Alice (born 1868)
Annie (born 1869)

Parents: William and Mary Redford; Pepper Alley; labourer

Register on Anc. and likely in the Oxfordshire FHS transcripts too.
Anderson Banks Beard Brewer Caves Clarke Clinch Cooling Cuff Denton Gamble Gibson Gunn Hunt Mills Muncey Norris Notzke Reid Robinson Searle Smith Trundle Turner Weedon Wells Wilson

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Re: Baptismal Query, Redford of Banbury.
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 08 July 20 13:38 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much, these are exactly the ancestors I have been looking for, what a result.
Wonder why Alfred Harry was baptised twice though as he was baptised at St. Mary, Banbury, 1 Sep 1860.
Once again thank you and thanks to everyone who has responded.

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Re: Baptismal Query, Redford of Banbury.
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 08 July 20 14:18 BST (UK) »
The children are indexed under the name Bedford, which might why you couldn't find them. It sometimes pays to simply browse the parish register images.
Anderson Banks Beard Brewer Caves Clarke Clinch Cooling Cuff Denton Gamble Gibson Gunn Hunt Mills Muncey Norris Notzke Reid Robinson Searle Smith Trundle Turner Weedon Wells Wilson

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Re: Baptismal Query, Redford of Banbury.
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 08 July 20 15:01 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the info and thank you for the tip, will bear that in mind for future, as you say, no wonder I couldn't find them!
Thanks again for your help.


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Re: Baptismal Query, Redford of Banbury.
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 08 July 20 17:19 BST (UK) »
It might be that Alfred Henry was baptised very soon after birth in a private ceremony as he was considered at risk survival wise and was baptised again with his siblings when there could be a congregation to celebrate the baptisms.

Another alternative that I have come across in my ancestry is that the parents either had a falling out with the priest at the time or simply didn't like him so had the children 'done' when a new priest took over the parish.  In my ancestor's case the entry in the PRs for their eldest child was accompanied by a derogatory remark about the parents clearly showing issues.

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Re: Baptismal Query, Redford of Banbury.
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 08 July 20 17:55 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your input, I dont have Alfred Harry's birth certificate but on the 1861 Census taken 7 April he was said to be 8 months old do must have been baptised very soon after his birth.
On the other hand the couple had 6 siblings baptised together ranging from 8 years to less than a year old so who knows the true reasons.