Genealogy Chat

I think Jim has used ancestry for that info. What problems do you have when you search then. Are you talking about births, deaths and marriages? What do you enter and where?

Hi Virginia,

Don't buy credits for GR, it's the most expensive way of searching.

You can have a 14 day free trial with Ancestry, cancel if you want, but don't think you'll want to and can look at as many records as you want
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You can also buy credits for Findmypast.

BMD's up to about 1925 can be found on

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

Christine

Jim. Where do you find all this information. You seem to be able to get a lot more info than me.. I just only found the childs name, date of death etc... You found mothers name fathers name etc... i only use genes reunited and ancestory.co.uk > Is there a better site than these or am I just not using them correctly?? Help

Most of my Rotherhithe lot are St Olaves reg district - not sure if that will help cutting down the likely death refs. I guess she may have been in a childrens home out of the district. Very sad isnt it. Im surprised with that number of kids that there wasnt a relative around to take her in. Big families usually have big families :)

Well I do ask a lot of questions one here... Anyway I think I found it myself as another poster kindly found it too. The same information as me so I am learning... It is bloody annoying that you can't find anything past 1901.. Regarding the TB my mother told me that story she is old now. But I am going to buy the death certificate it might give me information as to the childrens home she was in too... Thanks heather xx

ST. OLAVE SOUTHWARK REGISTRATION DISTRICT
Registration County : London.
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished : 1.1.1902 (succeeded by St. Olave Bermondsey district).
Sub-districts : Bermondsey; Leather Market; St. James Bermondsey; St. John Horsleydown; St. Mary Magdalene; St. Olave Southwark; Rotherhithe.<<<<<

death
Jessie Victoria Phillips abt 1901 1907 Oct-Nov-Dec West Ham Essex, Greater London
birth
Jessie Victoria A Phillips 1901 Jan-Feb-Mar St Olave Southwark (1837-1901) London, Surrey
1901
Jessie V A Phillips Horace,
Sophia M A abt 1900 Rotherhithe, London, England Daughter Rotherhithe,

Yes 3/12 is 3 months. One of the last to die of TB? No, they were still dying when I was a kiddie (Who told you off?)

Ginny, looks like you made the exact same mistake that I made at the beginning. You read that fraction as three and a half when actually it's three twelfths.

all I know is that she died young. She was my Grannys older sister (not on census) The story goes that her father died soon after her birth mother could not cope so she and my granny went to a childrens home. She the story goes was one of the last people to die of TB? God I will never be able to cope with childrens homes?

When they transcribe a census they always put the age in months as a fraction of a year so 3 months becomes 3/12.

It appears that she was 3 months on the census.

When do you think she died?

Christine

Name: Horace Phillips
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sophia M A
Gender: Male
Where born: Bermondsey, London, England

Civil Parish: Rotherhithe
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: St Olave Southwark
Sub registration district: Rotherhithe
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 162
Household Members: Name Age
Amelia Clarke 26
David M Phillips 5
Edgar H Phillips 3
Horace Phillips 33
Horace F W Phillips 6
Jessie V A Phillips 3/12
Sophia M A Phillips 31


It is Jessie I am trying to find out about.. I get told off for asking for too much help as you know but I am trying !!

Can you tell us where the image is please - her name etc. so we can check. Im pretty sure we will find she is 3 months, but just lets look.

If I find a child on 1901 census with the age 3 1/2 could that be months or is it always written to the nearest year. I know this little girl died but can't find record death if her age were 3 years. Thanks