Genealogy Chat

Just trying to find a rellie so am doing all names in that reg district as they have a habit of using second name and came across two people same quarter with same ref numbers WHY? Andrews quarter March 1907. Fanny and Herbert Walter. 4a 885 or have I read it wrong?

If it's a birth - Twins?? If it's a marriage, brother and sister married on same day to different people??

Jools Wouldn't they be consecutive numbers? Is births

they could be twins or they may be cousins (I have thins where the children are cousins) (twins tend to be on the same OR consecative pages)

ooh think you have got twins there Dawnie, if you order one of the certificates and its got a time on it........ then YES !!

No they wouldn't be consecutive. the ref is volume (9b for example) then page (123 for example). There are at least 2 births to a page and sometimes 4, depends when they happened.

I transcribe for FreeBMD, and see this a lot, they have the same no. if twins not consequetive(?) if they are cousins perhaps, they would usually have different numbers, as registered seperate Jx

There are 10 Births registered under that number Births Mar 1907 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrews Fanny Saffron W. 4a 885 Andrews Herbert Walter Saffron W. 4a 885 COOTE Wilfred Bernard Saffron W. 4a 885 GIBBS Ernest Stanley Saffron W. 4a 885 GILBEY Herbert John Saffron W. 4a 885 KETTERIDGE Bessie May Saffron W. 4a 885 LANHAM Elizabeth Mary Saffron W. 4a 885 MARKS Sidney Walter J Saffron W. 4a 885 RICHARDSON Millicent Rose Saffron W. 4a 885 THAKE Arthur William Saffron W. 4a 885 Linda

Thanks Now just got to see if they fit in the family lol

Don't forget that the references cover a three month period. If it's a registration district where not many people lived then the births on that page could have happened some time apart. With common surnames they may not be related at all, even with an uncommon surname they might be cousins rather than twins.

As Judith points out, they don't have to be twins, but if they are....just to clarify.....they will generally have the same numbers, but can be one page number different. Imagine the registrar......he can fit a certain number of birth registrations on a page of records. Should the registrar only have one space left on his page, then one twin will go there and the other twin on the following page. In any other situation they will both be on the same page number. Merry

Saffron Waldon covers all these villages: Arkesden, Ashdon, Chrishall, Clavering, Debden, Elmdon, Great Chesterford, Great Sampford, Hempstead, Langley, Littlebury, Little Chesterford, Little Sampford, Newport, Quendon, Radwinter, Rickling, Saffron Walden, Strethall, Wendens Ambo, Wendon Lofts, Wicken Bonhunt, Widdington, Wimbish. Chances are there's more than one Andrews family. 1901 census has 148 Andrews surnames with keyword Saffron. nell