Registering death

[Horsley2016]

Hi all,

Thanks to the help of another thread I've found the contents of a family grave. In it one Kathleen Kennedy 15A Hurst Gdns L13 age 3 days int 5/9/1953 is interred. (Ford T216)

The address hints that maybe this was out of wedlock or another family member not yet discovered?
Thing is, I can't find any record of BMD/GRO of either birth or death? The only one seems to be Bradford way which doesn't fit the profile of the family... Is there a search I'm missing and/ or where could I get more info to try and obtain the cert. relevant to finding out who this little lasses parents were?

Many thanks
M

[rosie99]

Are you saying that Kathleen Kennedy age 3 days is in your families grave and you don't know who she is 

If that is your question it was common to bury young babies in a grave with an adult who was also being buried that day.  It saved money

[nanny jan]

Both her birth and death registrations are on FreeBMD.

[Horsley2016]

Thank you.

Rosie it’s good to have a bit of background as to what was common in the day, thank you. I don’t know this family member so she’s a bit of a surprise!

I must be rubbish at searching! I searched both bmd and gro for birth and death. Typed in first name / surname and covered the year 1953 and I got no results! I’ll go and take another look thank you for reassuring me that they are there though!!

Mx

[iolaus]

While often a young baby (especially stillborns) would have been put in with an adult who died at a similar time it can also be worth looking a little wider in your own family.  I know I found two seemingly unrelated children in a family grave - they were actually the niece and nephew of my ancestor's husband (his sisters children so had completely unrelated surnames)

[Horsley2016]

Both her birth and death registrations are on FreeBMD.

Hi Nanny jan - I must be going nuts. I can't find her at all! I can find 3 'possibles' but this little one would almost certainly be in Liverpool?

Silly Q - would the surname on the burial have to match the surname on the birth/death registrations? Same Q for the forenames?

Thank you everyone Mx

[nanny jan]

The registration in Bradford shows the surname of the mother to be Kennedy, which could fit with your possibility of an 'out of wedlock' birth with the mother moving away from her area for the birth.

[Horsley2016]

Yes, that was what I was thinking too... I'm not sure why Bradford of all places as I can't (yet) find any connection with the place but it's the closest out of the 3 'possibles' isn't it? Fact she only lived 3 days and was 'allowed' into the family plot ... I may take a punt on this one and order the Bradford birth cert. See if I get a match? 

Thanks Mx

[Gan Yam]

Could there be a connection or clue with the other baby in the grave. David Parkinson mmn Kennedy, 1957 same address as baby Kathleen. There's a relevant marriage in 1955. Seems unlikely that it would be a random burial with 2 babies both with same mmn