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lavender

lavender Report 3 Jul 2012 19:57

Thank you all for the explanations and kind thoughts. :-)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 3 Jul 2012 07:18

I'm sorry for your loss.


However, the explanation is probably as below ...........


The death certificate will have his exact age ........... but the registrations that you see either on here, on freebmd or on ancestry are all taken from the GRO indexes, and they round all ages to a year.

Children between the ages of birth and 1 are rounded down to 0

ages 1-2 are rounded to 1


and so on.





They are after all taken from an Index.




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 3 Jul 2012 01:14

As you say, its because he died before he reached the age of One.

We can shake our heads when we see infant deaths time after time in a Victorian family, but in your case, the loss the parents must have felt is close to your heart. <3

Researching:
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Gai

Gai Report 3 Jul 2012 01:11


Lavender,

It's so sad to lose a child and I'm sure it would have been a terrible shock for you.


Hope you are OK? <3

Gai

Researching:
Moreman's of Mangotsfield, Matchett's of Ireland & Essex, Craddock's of Scotland & Manchester

lavender

lavender Report 3 Jul 2012 01:03

I hadn't ever seen the birth registration details of our little chap that died during his first year. I had quite a shock to see it said 0. :-(