Genealogy Chat

Has anyone come across twins registered in different qtrs? My g.granfather was baptised 09/02/1876 at the same time as a sister whose birth appears to be registered in Dec 1875, there is no birth for him at the same time but there is a possible one in Sep 1875. His age on the 1881 census is 5 and on the 1891 he is 15, 1901 he is 24 and 1911 he is 36, his death in 1952 has him as 76. His sister does not appear on the census forms so I'm guessing she died young, I don't think she was older than him because the family had another daughter with the same name who died in 1875.
I know I'm going to have to buy the certificate but I was hoping the baptism would help me find the right birth index, now I'm even more confused!

It seems really odd to register her and not him ...

Have you thought of:

a) One of the children being the child of one of the daughters of the marriage and brought up as a child of the marriage?

b) A second marriage for the parents - one had a boy, one had a girl - it seems very unlikely as they were obviously so young at the time but still might be worth investigating.

c) Was she maybe a niece or other relative that the family had taken in?

It just seems so odd ...

Jill

Thanks Jill, I can rule out a & b, oldest child was only 10 in 1875 and they went on to have children together until 1886.
I'll look into possible nieces though, I hadn't thought of that.
Annette

Many thanks again Jill,
I've just looked for possible nieces and found one that could be her, she is with her parents on the census forms but has the same middle initial, it's possible that the parent's names were entered incorrectly if they had a joint baptism, I've come across some obvious inaccuracies in some parish registers.
Annette

Would you care to list actual names so it's easier to understand? I can't get my head around it without the specifics.

Rose

I think this is resolved now, thanks Rose for your interest.