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From: "Chris" <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Late Birth Registration
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 21:38:23 -0000
References: <43AAFC93.6070802@shaw.ca> <03a901c6072f$8569d240$4301a8c0@mums> <004701c6072e$faf4b8f0$c68e8556@NJOvington>


I had an aunt who was born in Aug. 1896, 1 month before my Grandparents
marriage, & she wasn't registered until 1927! Apparently my Grandfather had
to make "a declaration" before she could be registered.

Chris N

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nivard Ovington" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 7:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Lon] Late Birth Registration


>
> Hi Ann
>
> You say "You had to register in 6 weeks" but there was no penalty so why
> would you lose a days pay?
>
> It was the registrars job to register a birth and around 1878 before a
> penalty was imposed on the parents for not doing so.
>
> Best wishes Nivard Ovington Cornwall (UK)
>
>
> > You had to register in 6 weeks .Perhaps they went to the registrar & he
> > was
> > shut for Xmas or they had some bad weather & then forgot?Would the
matter
> > come to light perhaps if they visited a doctor?
> > Ann
>
>
>
> >I know that sometimes people were late registering BDMs, especially in
> >the early days. However, how likely is it that someone would be born in
> >October 1841, but not registered until June 1842?
>
> >TIA,
>
> >Pat
>
>
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