Genealogy Chat

If my gt grandmother had a stillborn child in c.1902 would there be a birth/death cert?

Birth and death certificates are not issued for stillbirths.

After 1927 a Stillbirths register was started.
Access is only to parents, or if they are deceased, to the child's siblings.

You might find a record of the child's burial in parish or cemetery records.


Gwyn

Thanks very much Gwyn, saves me searching for paperwork that's not there! But a bit sad after all that I won't be able to trace him.

I have cemetery records for a particular surname, showing address and date buried for stillborn babies.
From a similar record, you might be able to track this baby in your family.

It is sad isn't it. I know my Nan had a stillborn daughter. I don't know whether she was born before or after 1927 and whether grans first husband or my grandfather was the father. Because of this I am unable to get the relevant sibling (mother or half uncle) to get the stillbirth certificate. There is also the added complication that I don't know if she was born in Scotland or England. Sad because there is nothing to commemorate this tiny being who lived for eight months in the womb.

In those days, the stillborn infant would probably have been interred with some completely unconnected individual who happened to be 'next in line' for the undertaker...........

I agree with Eric that that did happen, but I do still think it's worth looking for a record of burial.

In front of me here I have a list of burials for a surname of interest, in a Hampshire town.
Cemetery, section number and grave number are shown, also date of burial.
The earliest for a stillborn is December 1879, ...area address shown.
By 1890, the road is shown and by 1906, the full address is there.

Gwyn

Would stillborn children be registered as Male or female- or is that for babies that were alive at birth but did not survive long enough to be named?