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What do you know about Violet and her birth if no birth certificate? Is she ever found with her mother and / or any siblings?
Do you know that the 1881 census is Sophie as she is recorded as Sophia and there was a Sophia birth in Torrington in Apr-Jun 1857 quarter as well as the Sophie birth in Jan-Mar 1858.
From my own knowledge, though not back that far, the birth entry will remain on the GRO. I have a child in my tree whose mother died when the baby (her 8th) was 6 weeks old. The baby was taken in by friends and kept her first name but used their surname until her marriage. So the only record of her is her birth.
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
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