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Just a thought - my mother has spent the last 50-60 years believing that she had twin brothers that died.

It was only after I started researching that I found 1 boy died at 4 days old and then 3 weeks later his 18 month old brother died.

My grandmother never spoke of them and somewhere down the line I think my mother and her siblings just assumed they were twins.

Could this have happened in this case????

Hi All,
I have received the birth and death certs of the girl.
Her name was Barbara Elizabeth and she was only alive for 3 days.
The Parents match etc.
It does mark her down as being the second twin and that they were premature, other than that nothing on the other twin.

Thank you again for everyone's advice, suggestions and expertise on this situation.
Joe

Just to one point on the question re twins being born around 1930, in hospital vs home

My aunt gave birth to twins in 1931 in Lancashire.

They were the last of her 6 children, and they were born at home, prematurely.


Both apparently fitted in to one drawer from the sideboard, padded with cotton wool.

Both survived, one died in 2001, the other is still alive.




Joe .....................

does Barbara's birth certificate say where she was born?







sylvia

Yes, they were born and died in Queen Charlotte Hospital.
It must have heartbreaking to have had to name the little girl and register her a day after her death.
Both certs were dated 05 November 1931.

So was the boy stillborn do you think? I assume you haven't found any certificate for him.

A sad story indeed!

I believe that the boy was, I knew that he died on the same day as he was born, with them being premature, I think that is the most likely what happened.

I haven't found any records on freebmd that point to him being named.