I don't know if this will help anyone but in case it does -
I once read that the Irish immigrants to London, who lived in the rookeries were not strict about which, if any churches, they used. They were mostly RC by upbringing but apparently often seemed to avoid churches unless they were hunted down by a priest or vicar.
I originally thought my various Irish families who settled in Saffron Hill would probably be Catholic because of their surnames - Sullivan, Adams, Costello etc - and typical first names and then because of my inability to find baptisms or even birth registrations until the end of the C20th. Yet, an aunt of my great grandfather's appeared on the IGI marrying in Christ Church Greyfriars.
Because the births of my great grandfather and his seven siblings (born 1860-c1880) are not registered and because all the families only appear sporadically on census earlier on, I struggled to find the identity of their mother. Eventually I found a marriage for my great great grandparents in 1861 at St James Shoreditch, which seemed to confirm the family were C of E and this was supported when I was able to access my great grandfather's army records and he gave his religion as C of E.
I have just tracked down my the same great grandfather's Royal Marine Service records. His religion is given as RC.
So...my point is - try not to make assumptions about religion any more than anything else related to family history:-)
I once read that the Irish immigrants to London, who lived in the rookeries were not strict about which, if any churches, they used. They were mostly RC by upbringing but apparently often seemed to avoid churches unless they were hunted down by a priest or vicar.
I originally thought my various Irish families who settled in Saffron Hill would probably be Catholic because of their surnames - Sullivan, Adams, Costello etc - and typical first names and then because of my inability to find baptisms or even birth registrations until the end of the C20th. Yet, an aunt of my great grandfather's appeared on the IGI marrying in Christ Church Greyfriars.
Because the births of my great grandfather and his seven siblings (born 1860-c1880) are not registered and because all the families only appear sporadically on census earlier on, I struggled to find the identity of their mother. Eventually I found a marriage for my great great grandparents in 1861 at St James Shoreditch, which seemed to confirm the family were C of E and this was supported when I was able to access my great grandfather's army records and he gave his religion as C of E.
I have just tracked down my the same great grandfather's Royal Marine Service records. His religion is given as RC.
So...my point is - try not to make assumptions about religion any more than anything else related to family history:-)
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