But it was most-recently used Jan. 10 when Kinley Jennifer Bumgarner was baptized at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Arlington.

The christening gown was first worn in San Francisco during the 1900 baptism of Kinley’s great-great grandfather, William E. Franklin.

During the 1920s-‘30s Franklin and his wife, Mary, baptized three children in the gown, including Kinley’s great grandma Bobbie A. McCann of Stanwood.

Bobbie and her husband, Kenneth, baptized their four kids, including Kinley’s grandfather, John W. McCann of Stanwood, in 1954.

McCann and his wife, Jennifer, baptized their four children, including Kinley’s mom, Jamie Leigh Bumgarner, in 1979.

“We are very proud of this great family tradition and the connection with our family’s Catholic heritage,” McCann said. “Our family is very close, and we look forward to passing this cherished 115-year-old christening gown to the next generation of family caretakers.”

Kinley is also special to the family in another way. Her grandmother, Jennifer, got to deliver Kinley when she was born Sept. 6, 2015, at Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington to parents Russell and Jamie Bumgarner of Stanwood.

Jennifer has worked for 28 years as a labor and delivery registered nurse at the hospital. She’s delivered thousands of babies.

“Delivering newborns is always special,” she said. “But to deliver your own grandchild was truly a very special blessing.”

McCann, the caretaker of the gown, keeps it in a special case, but he is thinking of preserving it in an air-tight container to slow its deterioration.

“The gown is showing some antique colorization,” he said.

McCann said the family is proud of its faith and tradition.

“It’s impressive. It’s a connection,” he said. “The priest said Sunday after the baptism that Kinley’s great-great grandfather wore it there was a gasp in the church.”