Is looking for Cork baptisms c. 1819-1836 completely pointless?

[HopefulToff]

For about seven years, infrequently, I've been trying to get back to Irish soil with my 4x-great-grandmother and her brothers' baptisms. Ellen Mullins nee Howes was born in 1819-ish. The 1851 census says she's 32, but I've found a death certificate that says she could have born in 1816. Anyway, in 1851 her brothers Charles and John House (probably just a census-taker mishearing the accent) are living with the Mullinses in St. Luke's parish in London. Charles was born c. 1834, John c. 1836. I've tried searching for all three known Howes siblings repeatedly in Cork to NO avail.  I have no idea whether they were Catholic or Protestant.

[QueenoftheWest]

I have no idea whether they were Catholic or Protestant.

I see that Ellen married Dennis Mullins in a Protestant church in 1835, but I believe - and correct me anyone if I am incorrect - that before 1837 it was a legal requirement to marry in the Church of England.

I can see that they baptised their children at the Catholic Chapel in Moorfields (available to view on FindMyPast), so it stands to reason that they were Catholics.

Anyway, in 1851 her brothers Charles and John House (probably just a census-taker mishearing the accent) are living with the Mullinses in St. Luke's parish in London. Charles was born c. 1834, John c. 1836.

Have you tried tracing these siblings to see if they married? If they did, then their marriage certificates will give you the father's name and occupation.

Queenie 

[Wexflyer]

I have no idea whether they were Catholic or Protestant.

I can see that they baptised their children at the Catholic Chapel in Moorfields (available to view on FindMyPast), so it stands to reason that they were Catholics.

Queenie 

It stands to reason that one of them was Catholic. Not necessarily Ellen.

[QueenoftheWest]

I have no idea whether they were Catholic or Protestant.

I can see that they baptised their children at the Catholic Chapel in Moorfields (available to view on FindMyPast), so it stands to reason that they were Catholics.

Queenie 

It stands to reason that one of them was Catholic. Not necessarily Ellen.

True. Would be unusual, though, in my experience. Usually people married within the faith, but there were, of course, exceptions.

Queenie 

[Wexflyer]

I have no idea whether they were Catholic or Protestant.

I can see that they baptised their children at the Catholic Chapel in Moorfields (available to view on FindMyPast), so it stands to reason that they were Catholics.

Queenie 

It stands to reason that one of them was Catholic. Not necessarily Ellen.

True. Would be unusual, though, in my experience. Usually people married within the faith, but there were, of course, exceptions.

Queenie 

Mixed marriages were obviously not the rule, but neither were they unheard of. I certainly have some in my ancestry.