Genealogy Chat

Nudge for Eileen.

my mum had stillborn child in 1968, and I spoke to the person in charge of the local cemetarys at the local council, I gave him all the details I could, she had him at 6 months, in hospital, and what my parents names were, he then went and checked for me, and he told me the area he was buried in, plus my parents old address, he doesn;t have a plot of his own, but now I know where he is when I visit my grandparents grave I also make an effort to go and lay something for him too, because I agree with a lot of the above, he was part of me.

hope this helps, Alison

Hi All,
We did have a thread running a few weeks ago on this subject,and very interesting it was.Although its a sensative subject.
My mum had a stillborn baby(Jean)born late 50s.She had the birth at home,downstairs.As soon as the baby was born the midwife gave it to my father,who took it upstairs.The undertakers came pretty quickly,and my mum never saw her.She understands that at that time they buried them with another burial that was due to take place.
This has never been taboo in our family,as I feel it is better talked about.Those changes come about though over the years,as now they will give the babies to the parents to hold if they want that.It must have been hard further back .
There is a register that parents can get cert from,or siblings if parents have passed on.
Kay

Just checked and Stillbirths can now be registered from 24 weeks. Prior to this date it is classed as a miscarriage

A stillbirth is only registered if the foetus is more than 28 weeks. It may have changed in the last 20 years though with viability of very premature babies increasing.

Hi Shirley,

I'm going to jump on your boat, so to speak and ask a related question. Hope you don't mind.

If a child was born stillborn at home in the 1930's would the child be taken from the home?? If so where would the child be taken to?

My Grandmothers first 2 children apparently where born stillborn, devasted her and my Grandfather and was obviously spoke about very little, I would dearly like to know alittle more, after all they were and still are apart of the family. I beleive they were 1 female and 1 male.

So from reading a post above my father would be able to apply to this register for details?? Is there any possiblity that they could have been buried in the local cementry?

Any ideas??

Dee

If he was buried at the same hospital where he was born, that sounds to me as if he was stillborn.

Kath. x

many thanks for all your help.

shirley

Ok. My brother died in about 1965/66 but rumours say he was still born but others say he lived a few hours. He was buried in the hospital where he was born apparantly but I don;t know where.
thanks
shirley

neither Im afraid. the Stillborn register was started in the 1920,s think it was 1927, and is only open to parents or siblings if both parents have died. that is the only register for a stillborn.prior to that no record is available .
Stillborns in hospital were often buried with an unrelated adult in the same coffin if there was a funeral being arranged and a deceased was being collected from the Hospital at the time the baby was born

I think there is a special register that is only open to the parents - look on the GRO website - it gives details

Hi, do you get a birth certificate if a child is still born or just a death certificate?
many thanks
shirley