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FEMALE listed as name in Birth Record
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Janet | Report | 29 Dec 2014 23:45 |
I am looking at Birth records and have found a couple where the first name is listed as FEMALE. Does anyone know why? |
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Sylvia | Report | 29 Dec 2014 23:49 |
It could be that the parents had not decided on a name for the child at the time. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 30 Dec 2014 05:17 |
Or the child died soon after birth so wasn't given a name but was registered at the time of death on both birth and death records |
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Jacqueline | Report | 30 Dec 2014 10:12 |
Not unusual for births to be registered under gender only. |
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Potty | Report | 30 Dec 2014 12:19 |
And if you are wondering why deaths can't be found, there were over 8000 deaths registered from 1837-1851 with an unknown surname and over 10000 between 1861 and 1871. |
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GlasgowLass | Report | 30 Dec 2014 18:41 |
In Scotland pre 1855, an infant child who died before being baptised was never named. |
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Gee | Report | 30 Dec 2014 20:45 |
Hi Janet |
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Cynthia | Report | 31 Dec 2014 15:38 |
Hello Janet and welcome to the Community boards |
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Janet | Report | 31 Dec 2014 20:58 |
Hi all |
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DazedConfused | Report | 2 Jan 2015 13:08 |
my own g/grandfather was registered simply as 'male' Simpson. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 2 Jan 2015 19:39 |
My wife's grandfather was born in Dublin at home and his birth was registered by his mother with full details as we would expect. |