mallosa wrote:Maths girl wrote:
A twin could have been dead at birth so they didn't register it - Question? if they were born and died very quickly did they always report it if it cost money to register?
Twin birth certificates often have the time on them to differentiate the eldest (in case of inheritance problems etc later) but they may not have done this if the second baby was not registered
Yes that seems to have been the case with my Grandfather. It appears that William had a twin, according to his Birth Certificate which gives his time of birth as 11am.
I understand there were one or two super efficient registrars who didn't realise how confusing they would make it for us later searchers who decided to put time of birth on all their certificates so time isn't conclusive proof of multiple births but makes it worth looking!