death registration for a baby who didn't die (1900)

[andarah1]

Does anyone know of a reason why a baby would have been registered as deceased when she wasn't?

We have a birth in 1900 naming her as `female' and then a death naming her as `female'. She was born 9 months, 11 days after her sister. She was raised in a foundling home and the mother put on the 1911 census that she had a child who had died. The only child unaccounted for is the one in the foundling home. The father wasn't in the home in 1911 (two residences), but he's the one who signed the census.

Does anyone know why/how this would have happened? Maybe she was born prematurely, assumed she would die, taken away and when she survived, not returned to her parents???

The registration is in Croydon, Essex. Thank you!

[CaroleW]

Didn't you need a doctor's certificate in order to register a death??

[andarah1]

I don't know. That's why I'm asking.

I am confused as to how this happened. Even if someone in the family didn't want the baby and gave her to the foundling home, there wouldn't be a death registration. Why/how would a baby's death be registered who didn't die???

[Jebber]

At that time the mother's maiden name is not shown in the index, do you have the birth and death certificates  to be sure it is the same child?

Croydon is in Surrey, not Essex, did you mean Roydon which comes under Harlow?


Jebber

[CaroleW]

We have a birth in 1900 naming her as `female'  and then a death naming her as `female'. 

Unusual to register the birth of a child who is still living in that way (ie) without a christian name  More usual when it is a child who has died shortly after birth

[CaroleW]

Was the surname Phenie, Collins or Taylor as each of those surnames match births and deaths in Croydon 1900 - christian name "female"?

Phenie - birth & death March qtr
Collins B & D Sept qtr
Taylor B & D December qtr

[Jebber]

andarah1  has gone off line, so nothing more can be done to help tonight.

[CaroleW]

And I am off on holiday tomorrow so unlikely to be doing any more replies

[Jebber]

Have a good time.