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Sometime between the birth of a great uncle in 1928 who died at 2 months and the birth of my grandfather in 1932, my great-grandmother lost another child in-between them.

My great-aunt, who would've been somewhere between the age of 4 and 6 remembered this, but all she said was that it was a baby boy that was 'deformed' and was then taken away.

It must've been a stillbirth as there are no birth nor death records at all for the said child.
I contacted the local council recently and the only people they found in the family plot were my great-grandparents and the baby who died in 1928. Furthermore, they couldn't find any trace of the stillborn baby in any other graves. The council suggested trying local hospital records, but I think it's very unlikely that the birth took place in hospital.

Do you think it is worth contacting GRO to check the Stillbirth Register? I understand that due to the sensitive nature of the records, access is normally limited to the parents or siblings of the child.
Both my great-grandparents passed away back in the 1960s and my grandfather and his two older sisters have also all passed. Would I be able to request a search of the register if I explained my connection?

Thanks

B

Merry Christmas all!

On the topic of Christmas, my x2 great grandparents, John Davies and Edith Rachel Gleeson were married on Monday, 25th December 1905 at St Thomas' Church, Neath, Glamorganshire.

How common was it to marry on Christmas Day and was this unusual?

Thank you,
BSmith

Hi all,

I recently received the birth certificate of my x3-great grandmother, Mary Lloyd from 1838.
Her father is listed as 'Evan Lloyd' and her mother as 'Margaret David, formerly Jenkins.'

On both the 1841 and 1851 census, Mary is living is living with her mother, Margaret David, older brother Rees Lloyd and a mix of a few lodgers/ relatives, but no sign of her father.

Does this suggest that despite Mary's mother was still legally married to her first husband and therefore couldn't marry Mary's father?
Would this make Mary illegitimate and therefore quite odd for her father to appear on the birth certificate?

Thank you,
BSmith

Thank you for all for getting back to me and to KGarrad for the definition.

Some very interesting stories on examples of statutory declarations.
I'd never seen a certificate like it before and haven't come across one in my family since, so it was very intriguing to me.

I always include them, too.

My great grandmother was one of 9 children, but 4 of the children didn't survive beyond the age of 3.
I have made sure to include them all, including birth and death dates to make sure they will never be forgotten.
The eldest child, Ellen died in 1900 aged two, so my great grandmother born in 1901 was named    'Mary Ellen' after her.

The 4th child, Honora Theresa died aged three in 1907, but ten years later, an Honora born in 1917, was named after her.

The same happened with the 5th child Tim, who also died in 1907, aged 12 months. Three years after his death, a Timothy was born in 1910.