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« on: Monday 26 November 12 13:29 GMT (UK) »
Thank you very much diddymiller. We now seem to have accounted with some certainty for 8 or possibly 9 of Lucy Addleton's children namely
Sarah Ann (Selby) b 1863 d 28/12/1878
Emma (Selby) b 5/1865 d 4 June 1865
Louisa Addleton b 1866 d 2/1900
William Henry b 1868 d 1934
Harriet b 1871
Arthur b 1873 d 3/1/1874
Clara b 1874
Eliza Ellen b 1877 d 19/12/1877
and possibly
Elizabeth b 1869 d 1869
So if Lucy herself was correct when she asserted in 1911 that she had had 16 children of whom 3 were living and 13 had died we are still missing 7. There were three living in 1911 (William Henry, Clara and Harriet) so she was right about that at least.
Lucy was 37 when Eliza Ellen was born in 1877 so in theory she may have had several more years in which she could bear more children. I have not yet been able to analyse all the data to see if there are any other gaps where a full term baby could have been born in the earlier period. Today all children who are born alive have to be registered even if they die within a very short time. Does anyone know what was the custom and practice in the 1860/1870s? Would a baby which was born alive but died immediately after birth be registered or receive a normal burial?