Opinions needed please re. birth certificates

[madaboutbuns]

Hiya all

I'm doing some family work for yet another friend  and was wondering if any of you can offer me any suggestions to the following -

I have a couple who married in 1920, had children, and who for some reason in April 1973 went to their individual registration districts of birth and paid for a small birth certificate to be produced - the one which shows very little details - name, sex, place of birth, registration district and subdistrict.

Neither had a mortgate, will, property, passport or anything like that - any idea's at all as to why they may have done it would be much appreciated!  Their family have no idea!

Christine

P.S. I have located the birth of the man and have ordered the full certificate from GRO - it's his name I am researching - the very unusual and rare name of Smith!   

[Necromancer]

Pension ?

Altho they would surely have been over 65 by then ?

Perhaps some 'jobs-worth' walla caught up with them ?

[madaboutbuns]

Ohh that is a good idea - I never thought of that!

Christine

[BettyofKent]

Perhaps a bank or insurance company needed proof of their ages.

Betty

[madaboutbuns]

The man was born in 1915 so would have been 58, and the lady was born in 1916 so would have been 57.

So I guess for their pension is a possible? 

Christine

[Necromancer]

I have a couple who married in 1920, had children, and who for some reason in April 1973

ah, there you have it, I assumed that they would be in their 20's at marriage   

[mike175]

er . . . if they married in 1920, I'm thinking they may have been born before 1915/16 . . . 

Is it possible that there are 2 different couples here?

Mike.

[madaboutbuns]

Silly silly me.... that is what happens when you are trying to keep an eye on the kids with their tea!

They married in 1937 - but were born in 1915 (man) 1916 (lady).

And it was 1973 they applied for their birth certificates!

Christine

[stanmapstone]

They would not pay as in 1968 the fees for Short  birth certificates (then 9d.) were abolished.

Stan