No christian name on birth cert.....

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maddy706
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No christian name on birth cert.....

Post by maddy706 » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:48 pm

I have a birth cert here but it has a no christian name just surname. Could you register a birth without given the childs full name ?
MORAN , KEANEY , MCNAMARA , FEENEY , HUGHAN , AIKMAN , LAIDLAW , BLYTH ,THOMSON ,HESTER , CAMPBELL ,DRYDON , GLENDINNING , THESE R THE NAMES I AM RESEARCHING
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emanday
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Post by emanday » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:53 pm

It might be worth you while looking for a death certificate shortly afterwards.

I've got a couple of unnamed births and both died soon after birth, one at 12 hours and the other 2 days.
[b]Mary[/b]
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McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Jack
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Re: No christian name on birth cert

Post by Jack » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:55 pm

Hi Maddy,
I've come across a few BCs with no forename, and sadly they all died very soon after birth....
Jack
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maddy706
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Post by maddy706 » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:55 pm

Hi
Yes i also thought of that but i can't find a death i searched in a 5 year radius but nothing
MORAN , KEANEY , MCNAMARA , FEENEY , HUGHAN , AIKMAN , LAIDLAW , BLYTH ,THOMSON ,HESTER , CAMPBELL ,DRYDON , GLENDINNING , THESE R THE NAMES I AM RESEARCHING
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Jack
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Re: No christian name on birth cert

Post by Jack » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:59 pm

Hi Maddy,
Have you found a child on the next census after the birth that matches the year?
Jack
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maddy706
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Post by maddy706 » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:00 am

Well i obviously didn't search well enough. After reading the replies i thought i would have another look and yes i found a death cert , he died 7 hours after birth.
thankyou
MORAN , KEANEY , MCNAMARA , FEENEY , HUGHAN , AIKMAN , LAIDLAW , BLYTH ,THOMSON ,HESTER , CAMPBELL ,DRYDON , GLENDINNING , THESE R THE NAMES I AM RESEARCHING
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emanday
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Post by emanday » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:30 pm

It's always so sad to find these pairs of certificates. I can't begin to imagine how painful it must have been to be registering both the birth and death of your child at the same time.
[b]Mary[/b]
A cat leaves pawprints on your heart
McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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