After years of family research I have, at last, obtained my mother's birth certificate. Mum was born in Kildare, Ireland, the daughter of an English soldier. Her mother was born in Dundalk. These events occurred before the creation of the Irish Republic. Mum lived her entire life without a birth certificate - she had a baptism certificate with a birth date on it which appears to have satisfied the British authorities when she applied for her passport and her pension. The birth certificate raises a few questions!
The birth certificate gives the date of birth as 18 Sept 1908 and the date of registration as 9 Dec 1908. (Was that legal?)
The baptism certificate has a birth date of 20 Sept 1908 and a baptism date of 18 Oct 1908.
I vaguely remember that my mother said for the first few years of her life she had celebrated her birthday on 18 Sept until they 'discovered' that it should have been on the 20th.
To me it seems more likely that the baptism cert is correct and that an error was made when they eventually got around to the registration.
Any comments please?
Shirley
The birth certificate gives the date of birth as 18 Sept 1908 and the date of registration as 9 Dec 1908. (Was that legal?)
The baptism certificate has a birth date of 20 Sept 1908 and a baptism date of 18 Oct 1908.
I vaguely remember that my mother said for the first few years of her life she had celebrated her birthday on 18 Sept until they 'discovered' that it should have been on the 20th.
To me it seems more likely that the baptism cert is correct and that an error was made when they eventually got around to the registration.
Any comments please?
Shirley
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