The info is correct for Margaret Henderson
The number you give is for a twin sister who died at birth.
the correct number is 20217
you will also notice the father's name is written as Hinderson
At the risk of getting a bit side-tracked here, I will be interested to hear if JM (or her many very experienced relatives ) has any thoughts on the 7 births gap in the registration of the two children, twins.
I have not seen this before, being used to seeing consecutive numbers at the event.
Perhaps it is in some way connected to the little one's early death.
Sue
Yes, I have made phone calls to my elderly relatives to ask about this ... (They are retired NSW BDM senior officers) ... Twins should be in consecutive order ... but on the other hand, 1892 ... so, perhaps NSW BDM head office staff had not recognised these as twins (HENDERSON/HINDERSON on the index etc) ... Anyway, on the actual documents, there are local line numbers ... and these should be in sequence, as they represent the entries in the local register, prior to the information being forwarded to Sydney Registrar General for formal registration. MY RELATIVES have not replied to my message on their answer machine. - Likely they will contact me tomorrow...
I am still concerned as to IF the signature matches up to other documents that William HENDERSON signed ...
20210 is for Agnes and it is as valid a birth registration as Samuel at 20217, and Agnes' death is registered as 8206/1893. I wonder who was the informant on that d.c. (HENDERSON and parents as William and Margaret).
JM