Thread: stockport baptism

i have tried to find the baptism of my gggrandfather richard moss born circa 1806 in stockport for about the last 10 years i have had most of the stockport registers searched has anyone got any ideas of what to do next thanks astwood

Hi Astwood, have you tried looking in Lancashire?



I have found Cheshire rellis baptised in Lancs several times. Just a thought

thanks light i have tried one in heaton norris in 1833 richard moss is the parent in this case my richard was married in wybunbury in1837 it was his second marriage and he was a miller same as the one in heaton norris? if i could link the two maybe icould find richards baptism i wish i could se the actual register it may give me more to go on igi is just bare bones isnt it thanks astwood

I remember trying to find his 1st marriage



Dont know what to suggest really, looking at the original registers would help but if you cant its going to be hard..Have you any siblings for him?

hi light no siblings im affraid tho ive got richard as a marriage witness to a marriage of a thomas moss to a elizabeth moss in 1834 in wybunbury so perhaps elizabeth was richards sister has thomas was from middlewich thanks anyway astwood

I too have been searching for baptisms in Stockport and the staff of the Stockport Heritage Library told me that if the baptism wasn't in the St Mary registers it probably took place at Manchester Collegiate or Cathedral. Apparently the Cathedral is the mother church for St Mary Stockport so if you had a baptism done at St Mary you had to pay both St Mary and the Cathedral, therefore it was cheaper to have it done at the Cathedral and cut out the payment to St Mary. Hope you can understand that.

There is an extracted record on the IGI for a Richard Moss baptised 23 Sep 1804 at Manchester Cathedral, parents Thomas and Mary.

Hope this helps,

Emeltee

hi im orginally from stockport,have you tried st marys in cheadle,which is in staffordshire,also the unitarian chapel on high street im sure the library will have those records.

im looking for the bardsleys of stockport around,chestergate,daw bank areas
john bardsley married ann daniels 1765 at st marys looking for ways to find johns parents.
also nancy bardsley b c1820 stockport daughter of james bardsley and mary ann kenyon.
thxs
julie