Isaac Raby Birth Lookup Request Please

[Chezney]

Hi there,

I've found the following details via census records, but I'm struggling to identify the birth record to order the birth certificate for Issac Raby (I have his marriage cert).

Isaac Raby born 1845 in Over, Cambridgeshire
Father: John Raby
Mother: Mary (possibly Fletcher)

I believe Isaac was a twin as his Sister Rebecca was also born the same year.

Other siblings if it helps:
Martha - 1834
Sarah - 1840
Thomas - 1842
Rebecca - 1845
Mary Ann - 1851
Jane - 1853

I can see the birth volume/pages for a number of Isaac's siblings, just his evades me at present.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Kind regards,

Francesca.

[CaroleW]

Failure to register a birth only became a fineable offence in 1874.  Many births prior to that date went unregistered.   There was a small charge for registering a birth - a few old pence.   However - that was a lot of money in those days so many parents chose to put food on the table rather than buy a "piece of paper".

It's not unusual to find birth registrations for some of the children in the same family and not for others 

[mckha489]

This might seem a bit far fetched but... there are these two Raby children with the same reference umbers and Mother’s maiden name...



RABY, ESTHER       FLETCHER     
GRO Reference: 1844  D Quarter in SAINT IVES UNION  Volume 14  Page 201

    
RABY, GEORGE       FLETCHER     
GRO Reference: 1844  D Quarter in SAINT IVES UNION  Volume 14  Page 201

[magslote]

1851 over end over st ives
ref  HO107, 1749,320,9.
Margaret.

[anneb]

I've found the date of his baptism in Over parish records but all it says is  2nd March 1845-Raby Isaac
s of John and Mary. Rebecca Raby was baptised the same day as was an elder brother Thomas aged 3.

There is no record of his birth in the CAMDEX index of births, deaths and marriages.

[Chezney]

I've found the date of his baptism in Over parish records but all it says is  2nd March 1845-Raby Isaac
s of John and Mary. Rebecca Raby was baptised the same day as was an elder brother Thomas aged 3.

There is no record of his birth in the CAMDEX index of births, deaths and marriages.

Thank you for this, much appreciated.

What's the reference of the baptism? I'm looking on ancestry and can't find that, they've become very good for parish records. Does it say Rebecca has the same date of birth?

[mckha489]

It’s on Family Search. No dates of birth, just the date of baptism

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T9-CD39?i=263&cc=1465708

[Chezney]

This might seem a bit far fetched but... there are these two Raby children with the same reference umbers and Mother’s maiden name...



RABY, ESTHER       FLETCHER     
GRO Reference: 1844  D Quarter in SAINT IVES UNION  Volume 14  Page 201

    
RABY, GEORGE       FLETCHER     
GRO Reference: 1844  D Quarter in SAINT IVES UNION  Volume 14  Page 201

That is interesting! Perhaps twins that didn't make it as they're not listed anywhere else. The name Esther appears a few times with this family. So far I've found that George and Martha (Isaac's siblings) both go on to have a daughter called Esther. And they're the first 2 siblings that I've researched.

[Chezney]

It’s on Family Search. No dates of birth, just the date of baptism

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T9-CD39?i=263&cc=1465708

Perfect, thank you.