Genealogy Chat

My Grans youngest brothers birth wasn't registered but his death a month later was
This was probably due to the fact that shorlly after he was born her youngest sister age 20 mths died and somehow the birth registration was forgotten about
The local parish records show that both children had been baptised on the same day just before the little girls death

sylvia in canada, thanks fro info, i was wrong on the year and what i was looking for has now beeen found, thanks to everyone for their kind help

Here's an actual example:

Births Dec 1858 (>99%)
Atherton Ellen Wigan 8c 23

Deaths Dec 1858 (>99%)
Atherton Ellen Wigan 8c 20


Surname Forename Age Place of Death Date Year Notes Grave Cremation Religion
Atherton Ellen ½ hour 33 Hallgate St. 27-Oct 1858 L 514 * C of E
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/cemetery.php?opt=cemetery

Christina

If a child took even one breath after birth, then it is considered to have been born alive, and therefore the birth should be registered.


remember though that a death is registered immediately, but the parents have 6 weeks in which to register a birth


Therefore it may well be that the birth got registered in the next quarter

............... or it is not unknown for registering the birth to have been forgotten in all the uproar.



sylvia

If you want to send the details of name and date in a personal message I will have a look to see if I can find anything in the deaths for you.

Kath. x

thanks for that kath. i know from family members one twin lived for one hour and the other for a day but i cannot find any record at all.back to the family i guess to recheck the details. thanks for info though

If the child lived, even for just a few seconds then it should be registered as a birth and a death. If the child was stillborn then there will not be a record in the birth and death indexes because stillbirths are registered separately and only the parents can have access to the records (or a sibling if the parents are both deceased). The stillbirth register started in 1927 - before that there was no record of stillbirths.

Kath. x

does anyone know that if you have a child that was born and died the same day, will that child be registered in the births and deaths?
trying to trace twins with an exact birth and date but cannot find any trace. any advice please would be welcome, thanks