The following may interest you if you have not already come across it.
Birth: Samuel E Roden Chester Q3 1886
Christening: A Samuel Roden was christened 20/06/1866 at Waverton, son of Edward and Caroline. Abode Milton Green.(Cheshire Parish Registers) Apart from the "wrong" mother he was christened before Samuel E was born. (Before I noticed that I thought I was on to something!) However, awareness of these coincidences can help to avoid errors.
The previous entry was for Thomas Shone of Waverton -interesting because Shone is a possible maiden of Mary Ellen.
Finally,(and this time the correct family),
John Harold Roden, son of Edward and Mary Ellen Roden of Milton Green, was christened at Waverton 15/03/1891.