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At Andrews Holborn
« on: Friday 28 May 21 08:19 BST (UK) »
What do you think the abbreviation to the right of James du Croz mighty be?
(It’s St Andrew’s Holborn burials)
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5206221:1624?tid=5821751&pid=430163627969&queryId=1e1093b50347a3be66ded87ba4f66cd8&_phsrc=cMJ23&_phstart=successSource

On the next page is an entry 2 children.
So I am wondering if this is “a chld

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Re: At Andrews Holborn
« Reply #1 on: Friday 28 May 21 09:00 BST (UK) »
It seems to be. There are a couple more. On image 19 it's written in full: a child.
Seems strange though as I would expect many more children because of high mortality rates.

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Re: At Andrews Holborn
« Reply #2 on: Friday 28 May 21 09:05 BST (UK) »
keldon - That was my thought as well :-\  Scolled through quite a few pages

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Re: At Andrews Holborn
« Reply #3 on: Friday 28 May 21 09:07 BST (UK) »
I did wonder if it was to distinguish between the child and an adult of the same name?
Although James' father was Alexander and James the grandfather was already dead.

And other children to the family (at least I am fairly sure they were children) are buried but don't have that annotation
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