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No birth or death record ??

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Wendy

Wendy Report 2 Apr 2008 17:49

I'm stuck.
Speaking to my aunt I was told (which was verfied by the 1901 census) that my grandmother had a sister who died very young. Her name was Mary L Slaughter and I have found her on the 1901 census in Brighton aged 1. The story I have been given is that one day my Grandmother came home from school one day only to be told that her sister had died and that she was lying in a coffin and my grandmother was said to have remarked that she was like a porcelain doll with golden ringlets. I can only presume that Mary died when my grandmother was of the age to make such a remark and she was born in 1905. I have searched the records (apart from Parish records) for both Birth and Death certificates but can find no trace ? am I going mad or will a trip to Brighton Registry Office hold the answer do you think ?? Help please much appreciated.

K

K Report 2 Apr 2008 17:55

I wonder if this could have been her birth?

Births Dec 1900 (>99%)
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Slaughter Mary Elsie L Steyning 2b 252

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 2 Apr 2008 17:55

could you post the 1901 census details

Roy

Devon Dweller

Devon Dweller Report 2 Apr 2008 18:01

You'd have to go to Lewes Records office not Brighton Registry Office : )

K

K Report 2 Apr 2008 18:01

1901? I would think and there is another Mary E L Slaughter on the 1901 Census so the birth above wans't her

Name: Mary L Slaughton
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Charles
Mother's Name: Miriam
Gender: Female
Where born: Brighton, Sussex, England

Civil Parish: Brighton
Ecclesiastical parish: Brighton St Martin
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Brighton
Sub-registration district: East Brighton
ED, institution, or vessel: 28
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 88
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Slaughter 21
Charles V Slaughter 3
Miriam Slaughter 20
Mary L Slaughton 1

Wendy

Wendy Report 2 Apr 2008 18:03

1901 census details

NB : On Ancestry.co.uk - Surname misspelt 'Slaughton'

Mary L Slaughter
Est Birth Yr 1900
Relation : Daughter
Fathers Name : Charles
Mothers Name : Miriam
Born : Brighton, Sussex, England
Address : 12 Melbourne St, Brighton


Wendy

Wendy Report 2 Apr 2008 18:07

Thanks all....
K you beat me to it...
Her name is misspelt on census but Ive searched on this surname too.
Thanks Devon Dweller - will take a trip to Lewes..
Having got back to the 1600's on most branches of my tree this has really stumped me !!!
Thanks all...

Devon Dweller

Devon Dweller Report 2 Apr 2008 18:11

It might be worth a little phone call. They are really helpful there and may only charge a couple of quid to find and copy the info for you.
Worth a try : )

Wendy

Wendy Report 2 Apr 2008 18:15

Thanks for the advice re Lewes. I didn't think they would be able to search with such little info I have...
I don't fancy digging up 12 Melbourne St......!! The story goes that she was unable to walk and the family who had servants etc were a very proud family. I have visions that perhaps she wasn't registered for both birth and death !

K

K Report 2 Apr 2008 18:16

Have you looked through the complete images on Ancestry? My only other thought is that she was christened with a different name such as Miriam Lavinia (there is one born in Steyning in 1899) but known as Mary L. Just a thought

Wendy

Wendy Report 2 Apr 2008 18:19

K - thanks... Ive tried that one too !!! unfortunately my tree is quite complicated in parts. You see my grandmother was a Slaughter and I married a Slaughter (different family) but our paths have crossed several times.... the one you speak of is from my husbands tree !!!

K

K Report 2 Apr 2008 18:22

Could she have been adopted??

Wendy

Wendy Report 2 Apr 2008 18:25

Hmmmmm youve got me thinking now... I will ask my aunt....

Thanks K !
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