Charlotte Adelaide Davis - Missing birth registration

[Karen47]

Is there anyone out there who can help!  My great grandmother was called Charlotte Adelaide Davis but I can find no registration of birth for this name.  She married 8th May 1893 aged 20 and claimed her father to be an Edward Davis (deceased).  Census details say she was born in Birmingham.  Any help would be much appreciated.

Karen47

[avm228]

Hi Karen47

Who were the witnesses when Charlotte married William George MOORE in 1893 - and what was her address at the time of the marriage?

Anna

[Karen47]

Hi Anna - the witnesses were William Tipping and Florence Rose Moore.  The address (recorded for both william Moore and Charlotte Davis was Seven Street.

Karen47

[wozzle]

possibly her
birth index
name; charlotte davies
y.o.r. 1873
qtr; apr/may/jun
dist; birmingham
vol; 6d
page; 194
just realised your davis spelt without the .e.

[cath151]

Hi,
There is a Charlotte A D Darlaston on freebmd born AMJ 1873 Birmingham 6d 23
also Davis female born Aston AMJ 1873 6d281. There is no reason to believe either of these were your Charlotte but maybe something to think about.
Best wishes
 Cathy

[patrish]

Davis and Davies are probably the 2 most mis spelt surnames ever 

[Harold1066]

It might simply be that she is not in the GRO BMD index.

My brother-in-laws Grandmother born in 1916 is not in the BMD Indexes, the entry that is in there is wrong and their is no corresponding certificate.

Therefore I ended up contacting the local Registry Office (Warrington in this case) and given her name and approx birth year and father's name (we had her marriage certificate) they were able to provide a copy of the relevant Birth Certificate where the GRO could not.  The GRO's reply when asked why she was not in their index was it was probably a mistake at the time (also seemed to indicate this was not a uncommon problem) and they do not carry out any corrections to the index.

 

[Karen47]

Thank you so much everyone for all your advice and help.  I will follow up all your suggestions and as soon as I get anything positive I will post my success.

Thanks again and happy researching.

Karen47