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Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« on: Sunday 25 October 15 14:28 GMT (UK) »
My great great grandmother, Charlotte Forrester Baker, died several days after giving birth to a son in February 1877 at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin.  The baby's father was James Baker . I have the baby's birth record but he was not named.
Charlotte also left two young daughters, one of which was my great grandmother.  The family resided at 13 Strandville Avenue in Clontarf. 
My question is what would have happened to this child?  He would have had to have been nursed in order to survive….Would he have been given up to relatives or to an orphanage?  He did survive the birth so he went somewhere…

Any ideas or suggestions?

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Sara C.

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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 October 15 14:33 GMT (UK) »
It's really impossible to say for sure what might have happened to the child.

Have you looked for a corresponding death in case he died soon after his mother?

If the family had money or a relative to care for the 3 children then they could have stayed at home with their father.

Did the father remarry? quite common for a widower with young children to look for a new wife to keep house and take care of his children.
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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 25 October 15 14:39 GMT (UK) »
There was an extended family at that address.  The grandmother, Amelia Ellis Baker Dixon, seemed to have owned the property…The father did remarry in 1885…I did search the death records and there are named infant Bakers but it could be any of them..I will take another look at that..
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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 25 October 15 14:41 GMT (UK) »
Do you know the family's religion? If the child lived long enough there might be a baptismal record with a name(s) recorded.

What about Wills- would the children be mentioned in granny's, etc.? (don't forget to check the maternal side as well)
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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 25 October 15 14:57 GMT (UK) »
They were COI….I will check to see if Granny had a will.  I have not been able to find any records on the baby's mom…I can't even find a marriage record for Charlotte Forrester and James Baker.  I do know that my great grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Baker,  was born in Newbridge(Avoca) in 1874….so maybe she had family there…it is all a mystery!!! 
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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #6 on: Monday 26 October 15 10:09 GMT (UK) »
Hi There Sara

Do you know where Charlotte was buried ?

Tara

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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #7 on: Monday 26 October 15 10:33 GMT (UK) »
Would this have been the first son born ?

What was James' father's name ?

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Re: Infant Baker born in Feb 1877…mother dies following childbirth
« Reply #8 on: Monday 26 October 15 10:38 GMT (UK) »
Do you have James on the 1901 Census ?

Tara
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