Birth puzzle

[jimbow]

Hi All, I am a bit puzzled as to why my gt gt gt grandfather, who I am reliably told comes from North Newbald, Yorkshire, was married there, but their 1st child appears to have been born in Sculcoates, but baptised in North Newbald. Was that where the nearest hospital, or workhouse hospital located. Could they have travelled all that way to have a baby? All their other children were baptised in North Newbald as well.

Jimbow.

[Jebber]

Hi Jimbow,


Perhaps his wife was from  Sculcoates, it was quite common for a woman to go home to her parents for the birth of her first child.

Jebber

[pwitz]

Agree with you Jebber.

My Aunt went back to her parents in Hampshire to have her first child, and then when he was 4 days old her Welsh husband took her back to Wales and registered his birth there.  Didn't make my cousin Welsh though!!!!!

Polly

[behindthefrogs]

A birth should normally be registered in the district in which it was born.

[Jebber]

You have 42 days in which to register a birth.  A birth may be registered in another district,  but the Registrar has to send the details to the Registrar in the district in which the birth took place, so it is actually registered there.

[jimbow]

Hi All, thanks for your answers, I think jebbers answer most likely fits the bill.

Jimbow