Hypothetical question

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Merry

And as OH said, there are barracks at Dorchester

I still don't think they can be twins. I think you should look for the death of child 2 and note the date given for his birth (that's if he is dec'd of course ) I doubt you will find it's even within six weeks of Q1 1931!

It's child 3 who is the mystery child Merry. We know child 2 died in 1978. That's niece's hubby's great grandfather.

[Margaret in Burton]

Merry

I've sent you a pm.

[Olde Crone]

That's a fair old spread of births - 5 children over 24 years.

Are you SURE the mother was the same woman throughout and not, um, the first wife's sister maybe?

OC

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

That's a fair old spread of births - 5 children over 24 years.

Are you SURE the mother was the same woman throughout and not, um, the first wife's sister maybe?

OC

Could it be that some were born in between, abroad?

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Margaret in Burton

It's child 3 who is the mystery child Merry. We know child 2 died in 1978. That's niece's hubby's great grandfather.

Yes, I was thinking child two would need to have been born near the end of the quarter for child three to have been registered in Q1 1931, but I don't think he was (end of Nov, which of course IS less than six weeks before the end of the quarter! *adjusts fingers*)

[kiterunner]

If child two was a twin, then his birth certificate would have the time of birth on it.

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Olde Crone

That's a fair old spread of births - 5 children over 24 years.

Are you SURE the mother was the same woman throughout and not, um, the first wife's sister maybe?

OC

OC

I have the birth cert for child 4, still living.

The christening for child 1, still living in on Ancestry, same parents.

Child 2 is dead, but has such a distinctive name that it would identify all of them. There are only 2 of that name, father and son.

[kiterunner]

If the mother was born in 1901 then she would be 46 when the last child was born in 1947, certainly possible.

[Margaret in Burton]

I've just sent Merry the full story.

I'll PM it to Kate and OC as well.