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Delay in registering a birth and why no middle nam
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Karen | Report | 13 Oct 2006 10:38 |
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Hi I have got my 2x great Grandfather's birth certificate today and was wondering why there was such a delay in registering his birth. James was born on 13th November 1876 but was not registered until 8th January 1877. I know you could leave it so long but this seems like to long. Has anyone else had a long delay like this as I was wondering why it was not done earlier?? Also when he married he had a middle name which is also shown on his death certificate why would it not be on his birth certificate? If he did not have it when registered would he have had to do something to have this middle name added? Any ideas? Thanks for your help Karen |
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♥Athena | Report | 13 Oct 2006 10:56 |
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Nothing that unusual about a delay in registering - I didn't register my own daughter's birth for a couple of months! And as for middle names - well, a lot of people used to give themselves names as and when they pleased - or it could be that they were only given one name when registered but given other names at baptism later on. I've had adult ancestors who changed their middle names for whatever reason, too. I've seen chaps who take on their father-in-law's name as a middle name when they wed and stuff like that. Hope that helps. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 13 Oct 2006 11:32 |
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well legally you had six weeks from the birth to register. after that you could get fined for late registration. that even applies now |
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Karen | Report | 13 Oct 2006 12:03 |
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Hi Thanks for the replys will have to look up for his Christening and see if that comes in at that point. Thanks Karen |
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♥Athena | Report | 13 Oct 2006 12:07 |
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Yes, it probably was 6 weeks when I registered my daughter's birth then - long time ago - 18 yrs. I know that at the time I only had a couple of days left to get it sorted. Seemed like a couple of months to me at the time LOL Maybe if you have a good reason they allow it to go over a few weeks without a fine, I'm not sure - or maybe this particular family were fined...would have roughly been 8 - 9 weeks before they registered by the look of it. |
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RStar | Report | 13 Oct 2006 13:02 |
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If he was Roman Catholic, he may have taken on a middle name later. |
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Rachel | Report | 13 Oct 2006 13:04 |
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As well as christening / baptisum you might want to consider that a middle name was added during confirmation, particaly if he was catholic - it seemed to happen to attach an extra patron Saint to a person A delay could have been for any reason, mum may have been ill, they couldn't decide on a name, a death in the family - anthing basically. I make it 8 weeks from birth to registration but 6 weeks would have taken you to christmas day. |
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