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yes it is as i have the death cer for her twin brother and it as that address on it

carolina

Does that address tie in with your family? Do you think that it is your Dinah please?

thanks all for your help i sent a email to doncaster asking for a grave serach and they sent back this died aged 2 weeks at 75 Balfour Road and was interred on 1/4/1918

carolina x

thank you rootgatherer that will be it

carolina x

Carolina, I am not certain about English death certificates at that time but I do know that some Scottish certificates have an (I) primary cause of death and (II) for secondary or contributory causes.

i have the death cer for james it as this on it (1) premature birth 7 days son of james stevens j stevens present at the death can anyone tell me why it would have the 1 in brackets please

carolina x

thank you PollyPoppet i will get the may stevens death cer

carolina x

England & Wales deaths 1837-2007


First Name JAMES
Last Name STEVENS
Gender Male
Year 1918
Birth Year 1918
Birth Month
Birth Day
District DONCASTER
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9C
Event Quarter 1
District Number
Page 1041
Line Number 97
Entry Number
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
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England & Wales deaths 1837-2007


First Name MAY
Last Name STEVENS
Gender Female
Year 1918
Birth Year 1918
Birth Month
Birth Day
District DONCASTER
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9C
Event Quarter 2
District Number
Page 972
Line Number 149
Entry Number
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Collections from Great Britain


both deaths

England & Wales births 1837-2006


First Name DINAH
Last Name STEVENS
Birth Year 1918
Gender Female
Mother's Maiden Name PROCTOR
Year 1918
Country England
County Yorkshire
Event Quarter 1
District DONCASTER
District Number
Volume 9C
Page 1559
Entry Number
Line Number 47
DOR
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
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England & Wales births 1837-2006


First Name JAMES
Last Name STEVENS
Birth Year 1918
Gender Male
Mother's Maiden Name PROCTOR
Year 1918
Country England
County Yorkshire
Event Quarter 1
District DONCASTER
District Number
Volume 9C
Page 1559
Entry Number
Line Number 115
DOR
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
Collections from Great Britain


both births

Margee, the birth is on freebmd, on the same page as James's but the MMN is different, by one letter. Dinah has Proctor and James Procter. It is mis-transcribed on Ancestry (it is a very poor image):


Name: Diash Stevens

Mother's Maiden Surname:Prester
Date of Registration:Jan-Feb-Mar 1918
Registration district:Doncaster
Inferred County:Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number:9c
Page Number:1559

i know they had a daughter called may born 1914 my gran

carolina x

Oddly, James and Dinah seem to have had a sister called May b 1914 (can't see a birth for a Mary, though). Also, no birth for a May (or Mary) who would have been the right age for the 1918 death. No birth for a "female" either.

The registrar would have just asked for the child's name and age - doubt if he would have asked to see the birth cert. Also, it is possible that the name has been entered incorrectly in the Index.

I think it's possible, not sure they would have had to produce a birth cert to register the death? and may just have registered in the name the baby was known by...worth a try anyway, unless anyone else can find a birth to match that death?

Curiously if you look at the original for Dinah's birth on FreeBMD there is no Dinah there. At least I can't see it. However I can't see May either.

yes her mum was called mary and her sister too i will try that but can they do that if they registered the birth in the name dinah ? Rambling Rose

carolina x

If the Dinah Proctor I am looking at in 1911 is the right one, she had sister and mother Mary , so it is posssible that they registered the death of 'Dinah' in the name May ( diminutive of Mary) if they changed mind on name. I think I would be inclined to get that death cert and see what it says?

yes i have rootgatherer they all say they didnt have a sister called dinah and a brother called james the twins

carolina x

parents marriage


England & Wales marriages 1837-2008


First Name DINAH
Last Name PROCTOR
Gender Female
Year 1913
Spouse STEVENS
Image Quarter 4
Country England
County Nottinghamshire
District BASFORD
District Number
Registry Number
Volume 7B
Page 447
Line Number 101
Entry Number
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Collections from Great Britain

Spouse MatchSpouse Match: Dinah PROCTOR married James STEVENS
First Name JAMES
Last Name STEVENS
Gender Male
Year 1913
Spouse PROCTOR
Image Quarter 4
Country England
County Nottinghamshire
District BASFORD
District Number
Registry Number
Volume 7B
Page 447
Line Number 95
Entry Number
Category Births, Marriages & Deaths
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Collections from Great Britain

I wonder about this one?

Deaths Jun 1918 (>99%)
Stevens May 0 Doncaster 9c 972

Can't see a birth to match?

You say you have them all - are they all still alive, one of them be 100 now and the others in their 80s or 90s.