birth certificate
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noseyone
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birth certificate
Hi, this is my first posting so I hope I am in the right place. I have a problem with a birth certificate, all the relevant columns are filled in correctly except the name and that is blank (all the information regarding this child is GIRL). I thought they might not have name her because she was not expected to live, so I checked for a death for 2 years under GARDNER (the correct spelling) and also GARDENER but to no avail. The event took place in 1931, the parents went on to have a large family so I am at a loss to explain this, I wondered if it were an adoption. Out of the hundreds of Birth and Death certificates I have this one has caused me a lot of head scratching so has anyone got any suggestions please.
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Re: birth certificate
moving to gen. discussion.
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Re: birth certificate
Firstly, welcome to the forum noseyone.
Is this the birth you have
Birth: Mar Qtr 1931 Reg. Dist. Edmonton 3a 928 (FreeBMD)
Gardner, Female - Mother's Maiden Name: French
and is this her parents marriage?
Marriage: Mar Qtr 1927 Bethnal G. 1c 222
Charles W Gardner & Florence L French
If I am on the right family, this couple are living in Barron Close, Southgate, Middlesex in the 1939 Register. There is no child born 1931 in the household.
I found 5 other children who are possibly the children of Charles & Florence L. Gardner, but I can't put their names on the forum as they may still be alive.
This is the only possible death I can see from 1931-1939
Death: Mar Qtr 1932 Reg. Dist. Edmonton 3a 828
Gardner, Constance A - Age: 0yrs
Just to say, I have a birth certificate of my 2x great grandfather Isaac Belcher which doesn't have his first name on either,
Is this the birth you have
Birth: Mar Qtr 1931 Reg. Dist. Edmonton 3a 928 (FreeBMD)
Gardner, Female - Mother's Maiden Name: French
and is this her parents marriage?
Marriage: Mar Qtr 1927 Bethnal G. 1c 222
Charles W Gardner & Florence L French
If I am on the right family, this couple are living in Barron Close, Southgate, Middlesex in the 1939 Register. There is no child born 1931 in the household.
I found 5 other children who are possibly the children of Charles & Florence L. Gardner, but I can't put their names on the forum as they may still be alive.
This is the only possible death I can see from 1931-1939
Death: Mar Qtr 1932 Reg. Dist. Edmonton 3a 828
Gardner, Constance A - Age: 0yrs
Just to say, I have a birth certificate of my 2x great grandfather Isaac Belcher which doesn't have his first name on either,
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noseyone
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Re: birth certificate
Many thanks for your reply, yes you have the correct family. I do not know how I missed t he death of Constance I went through them twice. I will send off for the certificate and see what it reveals, hopefully it will be the right one. As a passing thought, I would have thought that it would have been a legal requirement to have given the name of the new born?
many thanks for taking the trouble to answer my question.
many thanks for taking the trouble to answer my question.
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Re: birth certificate
I've just done a google search regarding your question and found this
Parts of your name
A legal name in the U.K. can be made up of —
a first name — or “first names”, or “Christian name”, or “forenames”, or “given name”, or “proper name”
a surname
a title of nobility
There is no law requiring a person to have a surname in the U.K., even if most people do have a surname.
Neither is there any law requiring a person to have a first name. Although all births must be registered, the law does not require a first name to be given. But in practice a person will always have a name, owing to the fact that with our language and culture, all people get “called” a name of some kind.
I wonder if the child was actually baptised?
Parts of your name
A legal name in the U.K. can be made up of —
a first name — or “first names”, or “Christian name”, or “forenames”, or “given name”, or “proper name”
a surname
a title of nobility
There is no law requiring a person to have a surname in the U.K., even if most people do have a surname.
Neither is there any law requiring a person to have a first name. Although all births must be registered, the law does not require a first name to be given. But in practice a person will always have a name, owing to the fact that with our language and culture, all people get “called” a name of some kind.
I wonder if the child was actually baptised?
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noseyone
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Re: birth certificate
Most interesting, your Google search turned up some interesting facts regarding Christian names and surnames, thank you for that. I would imagine life will difficult to say the least. I think I should be able to find an entry of baptism in the local parish registers. Thank you again for your help. Bryan