He may have been able to get a certified copy of baptism Bob -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes Sent: 25 July 2012 13:32 To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: [WAR] 1874 and beyond I read quite recently that about 1874 it became the duty of parents to report a birth rather than the registar going in search of birth. My grandfather was born around 1873 and may therefore have been one of the 30 percent of unreported births. Question is how did they get a pension assuming they lived to 65? Was a birth cert required ; could they register retrospectively etc Bob Holmes in tropical Axbridge ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pensions came in 1 January 1909 and a man had to be 70. lived here for 20 years and be a British subject and it was means tested. Here is a table he pension was paid as follows: £21 p/a Rate of Pension 5s p/w. (25p) £21 to £23 12s 6d p/a Rate of Pension 4s p/w. (20p) £23 12s 6d to £26 5s p/a Rate of Pension 3s p/w. (15p) £26 5s to £28 17s 6b p/a Rate of Pension 2s p/w. (10p) £28 17s 6b to £31 10s p/a Rate of Pension 1s p/w. (5p) National insurance came a few years later. They sent forms out and presumably you had to prove your work record. Are you sure he wasnt registered? Jan -----Original Message----- From: Bob Douglas Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:46 PM To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WAR] 1874 and beyond He may have been able to get a certified copy of baptism Bob -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robert Holmes Sent: 25 July 2012 13:32 To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: [WAR] 1874 and beyond I read quite recently that about 1874 it became the duty of parents to report a birth rather than the registar going in search of birth. My grandfather was born around 1873 and may therefore have been one of the 30 percent of unreported births. Question is how did they get a pension assuming they lived to 65? Was a birth cert required ; could they register retrospectively etc Bob Holmes in tropical Axbridge ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jan Rockett wrote: > Pensions came in 1 January 1909 and a man had to be 70. lived here for 20 > years and be a British subject > and it was means tested. Hallo I heard that many of those entitled to a pension refused to claim it as they "didn't want charity". Connie in London