Re: Fundamental Question about GRO (UK) Death Records


"Chris Westmoreland" <CJWestmoreland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Subject: Re: Fundamental Question about GRO (UK) Death Records


<eve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In some possible records we have seen an age given as 0 (zero). Does
this mean that the person died at or just after birth, or could this
also mean that the age was not known at the time of registration? Many
thanks - Chris B.

It means died under the age of one year, so it could be a
very young infant or anything up to 11+ months. It is
unlikely to be one who died at birth, since they would not
normally be named, just 'male' or 'female'.

I think that 'normally' may not apply everywhere.
I am transcribing burials for the parish of Holy Trinity, Usworth, Co.
Durham 1877-1900. There were (too) many wee ones who were born and died
too
soon. I have ages in the parish register as low as 5 minutes, many died
wthin the hour or day, a lot died before they reached their first
birthday.
In 23 years of this parish's register not one of these children were
without
a first name. Not even those who had died so soon that they were not
baptised and therefore did not get a service at their burial.
The civil registrations for both birth and death were done and again, in
that 23 year time frame, none of these children were registered without a
name.
I have no idea if this is unusual or not, but certainly in that parish it
was not normal to register under the heading of 'Male' or Female'

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Ticketty_::


Chris B's question and Eve's reply referred to the GRO index though, not
parish registers.

Yes, I know. My point was that in this parish at least, very short lives (
the duration of which were recorded exactly in the parish register) do not
necessarliy mean that the child will 'normally' turn up in the GRO index as
'male' or 'female'. Whilst transcribing the burials I have been cross
checking with the GRO Index ( via Free BMD) and over a period of 23 years
all of these children had civil registrations at birth and death, with a
given name. So, the word 'normally' which was used does not apply
everywhere.
My post was an attempt ( maybe not worded correctly) to encourage people to
check with the parish register if possible to determine the exact age at
death for these wee ones who are listed as age 0. I know that a death
certificate will give that information where known but parish records are
often cheaper to come by than £7 a shot for a certificate.

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Ticketty᧧


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