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I have been told that in mid-Victorian times, in South Wales and maybe elsewhere, it was not deemed shameful to get pregnant without being married, but it was deemed shameful to give birth the child out of wedlock. Can you confirm or correct this, please?

The Welsh term for an illegitimate child is 'Plentyn Siawns' which translates as 'Chance Child.'

was born in Yorkshire England 3 May 1898.  The last sighting I have of him in England is in 1925.

There was a Clifford Oliver who went to Canada in 1929 - Montreal - Quebec.

Is there any way of finding out if this is the one I'm after - possibly a Canadian Death Certificate?

Thanks. 

This is a real long shot but someone out there might have a relatives patient records and be able to help me understand the meaning of the codes given in my relatives records.

My relative was admitted to a mental hospital in Essex in 1937, under the 1930 Mental Health Act. On the partial records, which I can access, it says:

"Aetiological factors: Principal: B2

Forms of mental illness as scheduled by Board of Control On admission (as in medical register form 6): II 7
At death: 23"

I am guessing on the form 6 are a list of conditions which are coded.

The full patient records are lost.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Peter

Are you sure the records are lost.

My father was in a Mental Hospital  in 1959 - admittedly later than your relative - when I applied for his records I was told they had been destroyed - I persevered and finally got a copy despite them being supposedly stored in a 'very unsafe building which was unsafe to enter.'
Records of his ECT treatment had been removed.

Spent a long time searching for the Burial of a great-uncle who died in 1957 (in Ontario) - no luck form enquiries to various cemeteries.
I Googled and got a list of all the Undertakers in the town where he lived.
 
Chose one at random and it came up trumps - they gave me the address where great-uncle and his wife died - the cause of death - their dates of birth - dates of death - place of burial.
The Undertakers also had the names of the parents of the deceased which confirmed they were the right ones.
(only direct descendants of the deceased can get a copy of the full Death Certificate n Canada - others only get a certificate with name - date of death - marital status. (cause of death not given.)