On the stillbirth thread. I was told by the retired Registrar in our town that people used to bury their stillborns in a corner of the Churchyard until as recently as the 1930s. I have no reason to doubt her. These babies wouldn't have been registered. If the grandmother was told she was a twin, I expect she was. Sometimes the records can't tell us all we'd like them to. Best Wishes, Jane > From: "Pauline Roberts" > Subject: [GLS] Birth of Twins >> Thank you to all who offered suggestions on this subject, most of which I > had tried seven years ago when I had discounted the 'myth'. > > The fact my grandmother's brother (whom she never knew after the age of > four) had told his daughter that he had twin sisters, is what has brought > the subject up once more. I can arrange for the baptism records to be > checked, no problem and I will telephone the Register Office today. > > As regards the cemetery I have done all that can be done, and I am assured > that there are no other entries under that name. > > Thank you all once again. > Pauline >

Hi, Just getting in on this one, My mum always told me she had an older sister that died. I have tried everything to find a birth or death of this child. Mum didn't know if she was stillborn or not as it wasn't talk of in those days, this is around (1930's) all she knew was she had a sister called Marion. (Do I wish my gran was still alive to ask her myself) She was also told it was buried at the back of the churchyard behind the church. But had no idea where. There are no markings or records of burial in the church records. This has become the end of the line for me, and I expect alot of others, with the same problems. One of those things that will never come out of the closet and we will never know. Cheers Anita Victoria OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "jane kelly" <jane.kelly2@virgin.net> To: <gloucester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [GLS] Birth of Twins > On the stillbirth thread. I was told by the retired Registrar in our town > that people used to bury their stillborns in a corner of the Churchyard > until as recently as the 1930s. I have no reason to doubt her. > These babies wouldn't have been registered. If the grandmother was told > she > was a twin, I expect she was. > Sometimes the records can't tell us all we'd like them to. > > Best Wishes, > > Jane > >> From: "Pauline Roberts" > Subject: [GLS] Birth of Twins >>> Thank you to all who offered suggestions on this subject, most of which >>> I >> had tried seven years ago when I had discounted the 'myth'. >> >> The fact my grandmother's brother (whom she never knew after the age of >> four) had told his daughter that he had twin sisters, is what has brought >> the subject up once more. I can arrange for the baptism records to be >> checked, no problem and I will telephone the Register Office today. >> >> As regards the cemetery I have done all that can be done, and I am >> assured >> that there are no other entries under that name. >> >> Thank you all once again. >> Pauline >> > > _____________________________________________ > > Browse the list archives at: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GLOUCESTER/ > > Keyword search - any or all lists: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLOUCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >