« Reply #5 on: Friday 27 March 15 01:05 GMT (UK) »
When I was a child I was always fascinated by the grave stones in the church yd and would go and read them all the first one near the gate was one for a 2 week old child who had died and I always wondered about the family who lost that tiny baby.
Years later when I researched I found my Great grandfather had a first wife and 5 children before he married my Great grandmother and had 6 further children ( no one in the family knew) she died in childbirth and 4 of those babies died aged 1 hour to 2 weeks old, the 5th child was my grandmother half sister although she always thought she was her older full sister. It made me feel so sad and I often thought about that grave I saw each time I went to the church yard, ( no connection) but so many babies and children died at such a young age.
We are so lucky now having such a great health service and so few deaths of babies and young children compared to how life/health used to be
Leicestershire:Chamberlain, Dakin, Wilkinson, Moss, Cook, Welland, Dobson, Roper,Palfreman, Squires, Hames, Goddard, Topliss, Twells,Bacon.
Northamps:Sykes, Harris, Rice,Knowles.
Rutland:Clements, Dalby, Osbourne, Durance, Smith,Christian, Royce, Richardson,Oakham, Dewey,Newbold,Cox,Chamberlaine,Brow, Cooper, Bloodworth,Clarke
Durham/Yorks:Woodend, Watson,Parker, Dowser
Suffolk/Norfolk:Groom, Coleman, Kemp, Barnard, Alden,Blomfield,Smith,Howes,Knight,Kett,Fryston
Lincolnshire:Clements, Woodend
