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Offline probinson

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What happened here?
« on: Thursday 08 February 24 13:20 GMT (UK) »
Came across these death entries on FreeBMD. Not related to me as far as I know but wondered if anyone knew the story. Maybe quads?


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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 08 February 24 13:26 GMT (UK) »
They certainly look like quads as the mother's mmn is King for all four

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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 08 February 24 13:31 GMT (UK) »
There is a newspaper report of the birth of quads to a Mrs Robinson in Gloucester in August 1912.
It says that one was stillborn and the other three died within a week of their birth.
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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 08 February 24 13:47 GMT (UK) »
That's so sad.

Would a death have been recorded for a stillborn? I thought there had to be a live birth before a death was recorded.


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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 08 February 24 14:13 GMT (UK) »
There is a separate Stillbirths Register - NOT available online.
I believe you have to contact GRO at Southport, and prove your link to the stillbirth.
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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 08 February 24 14:20 GMT (UK) »
There is a separate Stillbirths Register - NOT available online.
I believe you have to contact GRO at Southport, and prove your link to the stillbirth.
Yes, I knew that. The question was, would a death have been recorded if the child was stillborn. I thought not. Which would suggest all four were born alive.

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Re: What happened here?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 08 February 24 14:38 GMT (UK) »
Newspapers could make mistakes in 1912, just as now.
Or perhaps the parents thought "All four of our little girls need to be remembered and recorded" so they just registered them all despite one having been stillborn.
Sad tale though.
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday 08 February 24 14:43 GMT (UK) »
Gosh,how very sad, wonder if they were full term or premature .
Poor parents, mother especially after  carrying them for months then their tiny lives ended.
Hope they had living children after that sadness.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 08 February 24 14:51 GMT (UK) »
Western Evening Herald 30th July 1912
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