Birth of disabled child

[annel80]

Tony , is that a new GRO Index thing ? I thought you couldn’t search maiden name pre 1911 ?

[rosie99]

In Tony's absence it is the GRO website that has that information, you need to be registered.  It also gives ages at death in years that freebmd does not give them

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

[annel80]

Thanks rosie99

[antonymark]

In Tony's absence it is the GRO website that has that information, you need to be registered.  It also gives ages at death in years that freebmd does not give them

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp

Thanks Rosie,

GRO index showing mother's maiden name for births before 1911 Is so useful. Great for narrowing possibilities for common surnames or for finding children who have been born and sadly died between census dates. A dash instead of a name indicates a likely illegitimate birth.

annel80 - Can I ask where the info that this boy was alive in 1924 came from? Did that source give any idea of how old he would have been in 1924? Could be we're looking at a wider time frame for births than before.

Tony.

[annel80]

The info that the boy was alive came from a postcard dated 1924, to her sisters, and it said ‘ give my son a hug ‘
He was obviously staying with them. In 1924 the mother Louisa was 42.

She often travelled to France where she had other sisters.

[antonymark]

So looks like he was kept in the family rather than being in some sort of institution or adopted out.

Where were the sisters that the postcard was sent to?

[annel80]

They were in 20 Peak Hill Gdns
Sydenham

[antonymark]

There are these two 'dying young' rather than as children:

Deaths Mar 1933 Lewisham 1D 1383
JONES, Albert Arthur (aged 22)

Deaths Dec 1937 Lewisham 1D 1049
JONES, Albert Edward (aged 20)

But of course there are so many Jones and it's not even certain he was an Albert. With the connection to France he may have been born, lived or died there.

Tony.

[annel80]

Thanks Tony. Those two are indeed possibilities. I may spend money getting the death  certificates after I’ve looked for their births.

I’ve already waded through French records in several villages to no avail. But there are more !