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Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« on: Sunday 07 January 18 12:31 GMT (UK) »
Wasn't quite sure where to put this. I have the maternity records for my great grandmother (giving birth to my grandfather) and just had one question. There is a heading "previous Labours" split into two columns, one sub headed "Mature", the other "Premature". In the Mature column, someone has written a capital T. Does anyone know what the T stands for?

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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 07 January 18 12:34 GMT (UK) »
Are you sure it isn't a 1, or a 7?

How many children had she had before this one, do you know?
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 January 18 12:35 GMT (UK) »
In what part of the world were these records found?
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 January 18 12:40 GMT (UK) »
Photo added. Unfortunately I don't have any record of any other children for her thus far. These records are from the Birkenhead area  :)


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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 07 January 18 13:06 GMT (UK) »
Term ?   (as in Full term)

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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 07 January 18 13:11 GMT (UK) »
Term ?   (as in Full term)

I wondered that. Just thought that if its written in the mature column then it being bought to term would be implied (otherwise it would be premature, if you see what I mean), I may have a totally incorrect understanding of  exactly what "to term" means though.

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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 07 January 18 14:41 GMT (UK) »
Transverse ? (as in transverse presentation)

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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 07 January 18 14:50 GMT (UK) »
As a midwife
I'd read that as Term, still recorded that way today by some. Probably means she was 40 weeks (any from 37 weeks would be in that column)

Term should be between 37 and 42 weeks, but some take T=40 weeks exactly (so you see IOL at T+10 - induction of labour at 41 weeks and 3 days)

Let me know if you want any other midwifery style translation

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Re: Maternity Record Capital T under Previous Labours
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 07 January 18 14:59 GMT (UK) »
Thank you very much iolaus (and everyone who posted) really appreciate the help, think that confirms it for me.

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