Genealogy Chat

Thank you every one I never found death records for either of them though the one born in 1864 is my gr gr Aunt and my gr gran was her sister

It's not unusual for two children in teh same family to have the same christian name. Normally its if one child dies then it was thought of as good luck to name the next child after them Similarly if one child was ill/expected to die and a child of the same sex was born then they would be named after the older sibling. I have in my tree two Emmas. One was born in the year that three of her older siblings died of Scarlet Fever so I've no doubt the older Emma was ill and expected to die and her sister was born and named after her but she survived Zoe

I have looked on the scotlandspeople that's how I found them

Val, Where have you looked? On FreeBMD? That isn't complete. Crista

Lou I have been on the scottish site to try and find her need to think about it and check one has mothers maiden name for a middle name other doesn't

I have looked for the death in between the dates no joy

Val, It was quite common in some families to reuse the same name if a child died. Sounds like that happened with yours. Crista

Val Am I understanding correctly that you have birth certificates for both Isabella's and both girls were born to the same parents? The younger Isabella is on the census but not the older one? Where have you tried to find a death for the older girl? Lou

The mothers maiden name is same in both births and on the 1881 cencus Isabella is 16yrs she would be 17yr in the september so this one was born 1864 and the other one would have been 24yrs as she was born 1857

could the second one,(or is it the first) that dose not fit the dates you have be a foster child for another family member, as its is unusule two find children with the same name in one family. The other posabilaty is that the second child was just viseting at the time of the census.

Val Do you know that the 2 Isabellas are yours? Which one is on the census? Do you think the other one is also yours but you can't find her death? nell

I was looking for my gr gr grandmothers kids anyway found them the only problem is there is 2 Isabella's one born in 1857 and the other 1864 though only one of them on the 1881 cencus can't find a death with the right parents can any one give me some ideas