Can't find birth record in GRO index.

[lemonbarley]

I know very little about my 2x great grandfather John Thomas Cordon so I was hoping to order a PDF of what I believe is his birth certificate but the reference I found on FreeBMD is not coming up on the GRO index.

I think he was born in the first quarter of 1847 at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Vol. 15 Page 525.

I've looked at the original index on Ancestry and FreeBMD and the numbers look right but could they have been transcribed wrongly from the original birth certificate? Or could it be the that the certificate doesn't exist for some reason?
 
Should I just try and order with the reference number I have, (there's a small charge if they can't find it), or should I message them first perhaps?
I'm really hoping I can find his birth certificate because I have no idea who his parents were and I'm completely stumped at the moment!

[CaroleW]

Is this him in 1851?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGX3-FJX

Ancestry have him as 11 and FS as 4 - original image not clear

[garstonite]

John Cordon was a man born in 1847 in Mansfield Nottinghamshire Mansfield . During the 1851 UK Census he was 4 years old and lived in Nottinghamshire. He appears as the grand son of he house in the 1851 UK Census.
LAST NAME:   Cordon
FIRST NAME:   John
MIDDLE NAME:   
BIRTH YEAR:   1847
BIRTH PLACE:   Mansfield Nottinghamshire Mansfield
COUNTY:   Nottinghamshire
AGE:   4
GENDER:   Male
RESIDENCE:   227, West Gate
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:   
John Baker (61, Male)
Mary Baker (61, Female)
John Baker (19, Male)
John Cordon (4, Male)
William Selby (16, Male)
...............................
Just a thought - he is down as Grandson in 1851 census - is it possible he was registered as BAKER - then given the fathers name ?

[rosie99]

I wonder if this was his baptism
John Thomas Cordon
Birth date 13 Dec 1846
Baptism 27 Dec 1846
Father John Cordon
Mother Melicent
SS Peter & Paul, Mansfield

[CaroleW]

Births Mar 1847   
CORDON    John Thomas        Mansfield    15   525

That baptism would fit a March qtr birth in the next year

[garstonite]

WELL DONE girls ...I think that is sorted now ..  

[rosie99]

1851
Millicent   Corden   Widow   36   Milliner   Retford, Nottinghamshire   
Ellen   Baker   Sister 28   
Selina Baker   Sister 20   
HO107/2124 Folio 332 Page 21

[philipsearching]

There is a facility on GRO to report problems with the index:
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_report.asp

Select the "missing entry in the birth index" option.

Philip

[jonw65]

DORDON, JOHN  THOMAS 
Mother's Maiden Surname: BAKER 
GRO Reference: 1847  M Quarter in MANSFIELD  Volume 15  Page 525