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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Lancashire => Topic started by: HughC on Wednesday 07 April 21 13:42 BST (UK)
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Robert Brown, surgeon in Preston, had several children born there, some of them before the start of civil registration. He would certainly have been able to afford the cost of announcing the births in a newspaper such as the Preston Guardian. Would some kind person with access to 19th-century newspapers be prepared to look for me?
daughter baptized on 13 June 1833
daughter baptized on 25 Jan. 1835
son baptized on 12 Oct. 1838
daughter baptized on 30 Sep. 1840
daughter baptized on 26 June 1842
Judging by the other sons whose dates of birth I do know from other sources, I would expect those baptisms to be at ages about 4 to 6 weeks.
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Any names?
Mother's maiden name?
LancashireBMD, for example, is showing 21 Brown births in Preston in 1838 ;)
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Mother's maiden surname Guy, though it's unlikely to be mentioned in the records.
I didn't give the names of the children because a typical newpaper announcement would be worded "The wife of Dr Robert Brown, of a daughter" -- meaning she was delivered of that child. The child would not be named. And the baptism registers for Holy Trinity or St John, Preston, gave only the dates of baptism which I already have. Nor is it of any use to me to be told in which quarter year the births were registered!
However, the children (in date order) were Dorothy Jane, Harriet or possibly Ellen Harriet, William Henry, Emily Alice, and Frances Margaret.
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ADDED. I have just had a quick look at family notices for the beginning of that period and it looks as though they may only have marriages