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Re: Person registering the birth of a child
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 01 November 18 15:28 GMT (UK) »
I have an ancestor born in 1856 and one in 1852/1853 where I cannot for the life of me find a birth reg but have their baptisms. The 1856 one was born around the same time as a namesake cousin. Their father's were brothers. Also they were both born in the same village in Co Durham. One got registered and one didn't, so somehow the registrar missed one of the births of the 2 namesake cousins. I sent off for the birth cert of the registered one thinking it was my ancestor but it was his namesake cousin who died as a child in January 1860 aged 3. Both were baptised in April 1856 on the same day.

Some of the other children born to the 2 brothers never had their birth registered either. Some births just went unregistered, simple.

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Re: Person registering the birth of a child
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 01 November 18 15:33 GMT (UK) »
The first Statistician of the GRO  Dr. William Farr (1807–1883) estimated a 5% non-registration rate for births 1837-76, declining from  6.9% in 1841-50 to 1.8% in 1861-70.

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Re: Person registering the birth of a child
« Reply #20 on: Friday 02 November 18 01:02 GMT (UK) »
This is a mini random survey of people registering births in 2 districts in Mayo on the same pages as some of my relatives. There were between 7 and 10 births per page  Many babies were children of farmers. Civil registrations of births began in Ireland in 1864.

1864 Castlebar:
Mother          -     0
Father           -     3
Grandfather   -     2
Grandmother  -    2


1864 Swinford:
Mother          -     2
Father           -     4
Aunt              -     1
Sponsor         -     1*

*Was also uncle by marriage.

1867 Castlebar:
Mother          -      3
Father           -      4
Present at birth  -  2*
Occupier            -  1*
*Surnames same as mother's maiden name so possibly relatives.

1869 Castlebar:
Mother          -       3
Father           -       6
Present at birth  -   1*
*Possibly female relative.

1881  Swinford:
Mother         -        5
Father          -        0
Present at birth      5*
2 had same surname as a parent so possibly a relative.

1906 Swinford:
Mother        -          5
Father         -          1
Present at birth   -   4**

1911 Swinford:
Mother          -         5
Father           -         1
Present at birth  -     4**

** I don't know if any were relatives.


 

   
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