Received 3 death certificates this week for my late mother's brothers who all died in infancy.
it's taken me almost 4 years to get round to sending for them but glad I did.
Being so young herself when they were babies, mum had convinced herself, somewhere along the line that they had all died due to meningitis through teething..........at least that's what she always told us, God bless her.

It turns out that William Charles born in 1912 died at 4 months of age with Pertussis Bronchopneumonia.
And Albert born in 1913, died at 5 months of Gastroentritis.
By the time Harry came along in 1921, Grandma was despairing of ever raising a son to maturity. Her heart already having been broken.
By that time she already had 3 daughters.

Harry appeared to do well, outliving his unfortunate brothers by several months. However he eventually succumbed at the tender age of 12 months......also to Bronchopneumonia.

Gran then went on to lose a stillborn 4th daughter, as the result of a house fire but, on a happier note, she eventually had her last child a fourth son in 1925, who survived until his three score years and ten + 2.
So she did raise a son to maturity God bless her.

Now I can put the babies to rest in peace finally.