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Time on a Birth Certificate?

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Gemerald

Gemerald Report 18 Jun 2009 14:25

I received a birth certificate today that has both a date and time of birth on it.
It was my understanding that for English Certificates that the time was only added for Twin (or above) births?

There is no other birth in the Quarter that could be a twin sibling, neither does a child of the same age appear on any census returns for the family.

If the twin was stillborn would a time still be put on the surviving twins birth certificate?
Or is there another reason for a time of birth being put on an English certificate?

The certificate in question is:
Emila Ditchfield. M1848 West Derby 20 1023

Thanks,
Gemma

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 18 Jun 2009 14:36

Gemma,

I too have a birth cert. from 1839 with a time on it, to my knowledge there was no twin, and there is certainly no birth or death registry to indicate there was.

I have posed this question before and found other people on GR with the same,........... so i think we came to the conclusion it was just a very efficient registrar who prehaps always asked if the time of birth was known when taking the registry.


Nicky

Researching:
Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge

Gemerald

Gemerald Report 18 Jun 2009 14:41

Thanks Nicky,
Interestingly Emila (or Emily, her actual name!) had twin sons, but i dont have their birth certificates so her's is the first one i have come across with a time on.

Gemma

Potty

Potty Report 18 Jun 2009 15:29

What Nicky has said is probably true in some cases but I know of at least one occasion when somebody on here thought there was a twin but there was no reference in the birth index. She contacted the local register office and they confirmed that there was twin - missed off the GRO.