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Burial of an infant

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Janice

Janice Report 20 Jul 2006 23:38

If a burial register has infant in the age column does that just mean a baby or a baby under a certain age? Found one today, buried on 23rd September, was baptised on 14th Sept so probably at least a week old. Janice

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 20 Jul 2006 23:46

I've never seen an entry like that so I'm not sure, but I would say it would mean a baby under 1 year old. This is the definition of Infant according to Google:- 1. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk. Kath. x

Tracy

Tracy Report 20 Jul 2006 23:47

If it helps I have a 3hr old one at death in 1940. Tracy

Unknown

Unknown Report 21 Jul 2006 07:09

It probably means what the vicar or whoever completed the register thought was an infant. Today the infant school covers KS1 (ie children up to and including Year 2, when they are aged 7. nell

Joyce

Joyce Report 21 Jul 2006 08:23

I have a book of burial records for a place in Devon. There are several entries with the age given as ' infant '. Some others aged 1 , 2 and so on. From that , I have deduced that an infant was a child who had not yet had a birthday. Regards , Joyce...

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 21 Jul 2006 08:29

It varies hugely from place to place and vicar to vicar. Some mean a baby, some under five and some apparently simply under age.

Janice

Janice Report 21 Jul 2006 09:23

Sorry Christine, I thought I'd been clear. Yes, it was a parish register. There were two children christened on the same day and then one died about a week later. In the next census, the survivor's age shows that he was christened soon after birth but I can't tell about the other one. I think they might be twins but as the birth(s) are 1835 there's no way of telling. Janice