A question re number of children.....

[ladybird]

Hi folks

I have these from SP. all my family.
I notice at the end of each it gives "child 2, child 3 (twice), child 4.
Does this denote the number of children still alive to this family as there were others born in between which don't seem to be listed.

If so which would be the best one to send for....would the record name those numbered children?

01/10/1815 JAFFRAY ISOBEL JOHN JAFFRAY/ISOBEL STEVEN FR1335 CHILD 2 U BARONY 622/00 0005 No Image ORDER

2 04/05/1817 JAFFRAY JOHN JOHN JAFFRAY/ISOBELLA STEVEN FR1373 CHILD 3 U BARONY 622/00 0005 No Image ORDER

3 31/01/1819 JEFFRAY JAMES JOHN JEFFRAY/ISOBELLA STEVEN FR1410 CHILD 3 U BARONY 622/00 0005 No Image ORDER

4 27/08/1826 JEFFREY WILLIAM JOHN JEFFREY/ISOBELLA STEVEN FR2133 CHILD 4 U BARONY 622/00 0008 No Image ORDER

Thanks Sylvia

[emanday]

Can't dig out the BC's - wrong puter - but I'm almost positive two of my rellies who were twins were shown as child 1 and child 2.

Yours have child 3's and a child 4

[ladybird]

There were 6 children. What happened to George 1823 and David's 1825 entries?
I know for a fact that David survived...he's my 2nd g/grandfather
Sylvia

[momat]

THis comes up on the http://www.familysearch.org
site.
1. JAMES JEFFRAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 19 JAN 1819
2. JAMES JEFFRAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 31 JAN 1819 Barony, Lanark, Scotland
3. ISOBEL JAFFRAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 30 JUL 1815
4. ISOBEL JAFFRAY - International Genealogical IndexGender: Female Christening: 01 OCT 1815 Barony, Lanark, Scotland
5. JOHN JAFFRAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 25 APR 1817
6. JOHN JAFFRAY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 04 MAY 1817 Barony, Lanark, Scotland
7. WILLIAM JEFFREY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 24 JUL 1826
8. WILLIAM JEFFREY - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 27 AUG 1826 Barony, Lanark, Scotland

What I found on SP when searching my lot as to the numbering of the children was in relation to when they were born to the Parents.
I E 1st ,2nd etc;

[ladybird]

Thanks Maureen, the IGI has been very useful.
What I'm wondering is why neither George nor David's births are listed on SP even though both survived, married and had children?
It seems strange that 4 children are registered and 2 aren't.
Sylvia

[Russell]

Hi Sylvia

You wondered about non-recording of births for some children.
It wouldn't surprise me if they were a mining family since they are in a parish which was predominantly mining at that time. (We tend to think of it as a part of Glasgow now but it certainly wasn't back then!)

Mining was a dangerous, poorly paid occupation and the industry went through frequent slumps in activity. If there was no work there was no money coming in and we have noticed similar gaps in registration of births in our families. They also seemed to move from one mining village to another quite frequently although usually in the same general area.
I think registering a birth was probably the last thing on their minds if there was no bread to put on the table.

Russell

[ninatoo]

I have a lot of children who were never registered before it was compulsory. I understand from my reading that it was costly to have a child baptised and therefore some children 'missed out' if money was tight. I believe it is also the reason why you will find a few baptisms on the same day, even though the children were born in different years...apparently you paid for the minister's services, not the individual baptisms, so it was cheaper to have a mass baptism sometimes.

Nina

[joette]

Yes my mining ancestors in Muirkirk had what I thought was sextuplets all having the same birth date on the IGI.It was off course a mass christening.Six for the price of one.

[Laura]

Perhaps the missing records are due to a transcription error?

[ladybird]

Thanks for your thoughts, folks
Sylvia