William Henry FULLER b March 1907 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, August 26, 2012, 16:55 (4475 days ago) @ Jefff

Could this be the same gentleman as the earlier Baptism, lots of similarities ??
I know it's not uncommon for the same chld to be Baptised twice, and I've seen an instance of this with one Record not mentioning a father and the other one does, dependant on whether the mother is trying to "disown" the true biological father, or trying to "gain" a more desirable one, or what.

In other words Alice got her son Baptised while at the Workhouse, then a few months later did it "properly" and quite locally when she was in better circumstances, but perhaps not with the true biological father ?

Record ID 398524
Entry Number
Year 1907
Month [not stated]
Day 0
Parents Surname FULLER
Child Forenames William Henry
Fathers Forenames not stated
Mothers Forenames Alice
Mothers Surname
Residence West Dean
Occupation
Officiating Minister S Johnson Master
Event Baptism
Memoranda Half Year ending Lady Day 1907; [born] March 27; Male; Illegitimate
Notes probably baptised March or early April
Register Reference
Page Number 29
Parish Chapel Monmouth Workhouse

For comparison the earlier record was:
Record ID 127391
Entry Number 1496
Year 1907
Month Apr
Day 28
Parents Surname FULLER
Child Forenames William Henry
Fathers Forenames Thomas William
Mothers Forenames Alise (sic)
Mothers Surname
Residence Goodrich
Occupation Soldier
Officiating Minister C.F.Doddrell Rector
Event Baptism
Memoranda Born March 22 1907
Notes note in left margin
Register Reference P138 in 1/5
Page Number 187
Parish Chapel English Bicknor

I think these are the ONLY William Henry Fuller baptisms on the FoD PRs site.
If possible it might be interesting to find out if Thomas William was still a serving soldier around mid 1906, and if so where....

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From FreeBMD here's the relevant Birth Register Records for that period:

Surname Given Name District Volume Page Transcribers
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Births Jun 1907
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FULLER William Henry Monmouth 11a 30a dbiggins
FULLER William Henry Monmouth 11a 30a vat

AND

Surname Given Name District Volume Page Transcribers
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Births Dec 1907
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FULLER William Henry Monmouth 11a 29 Monte
Fuller William Henry Monmouth 11a 29 LAO

So both the above Baptisms "fit" the first Registration, for April/May/June.

Now I realise this isn't the rarest of names, however I suspect two separate births of this combination in such close proximity and timescale are unlikely ?. Especially as these are the only such records shown in Monmouth District for all time periods covered.

Also on FreeBMD and of POSSIBLE relevance is this:
Surname Given Name District Volume Page Transcriber
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Births Mar 1908
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Fuller William Henry Pontypool 11a 224 jacqui