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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

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England & Wales
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General Register Office (via FreeBMD)
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birth
Years covered
1837–1915
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General Register Office, England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes, London, England: General Register Office

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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Volume 8b · Page 416 · District West Derby Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” 1878 of David Scott Hyslop

David Scott HYSLOP | 1878 Sep | W. Derby | vol 8b p.416

FreeBMD England & Wales births index row for this exact three-part name (columns: Name | Registration quarter | Registration district | Volume/page reference). West Derby registration district covers the Liverpool suburbs, matching the tree's existing birthplace 'Liverpool, England'. Registration in the Sep 1878 quarter moves the birth year from the tree's uncited 1879 to 1878; exact birth date not given by the index.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Volume 6b · Page 778 Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” 2 DEC 1912 of John William Bowler

John W Bowler | 1913 Jun | Burton | Newbold | vol 6b p.778

FreeBMD England & Wales birth index row (columns as rendered: name | registration quarter/year | registration district | mother's maiden name | volume/page). Registration district Burton (upon Trent) matches the DB's existing birthplace; mother's maiden name Newbold is new information, not otherwise on file (his mother is not yet identified in the DB). FLAGGED, NOT ACTED ON: an English birth is normally registered within the same quarter or the next, so registration in the June 1913 quarter for a 2 Dec 1912 birth is unusually late (two quarters), and it sits alongside the NSW BDM death index giving his age as 58 in 1969 (implying b. ABT 1911, a year before the DB's cited date) -- see citation on his DEAT event. Neither directly contradicts the existing 2 DEC 1912 birth date, so it is left unchanged; flagged here for a human to weigh.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Sleaford · Volume 7a · Page 443 · Year 1868 Questionable

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” ABT 1868 of Charles William Cooling

Charles Willie COOLING, births registered June quarter 1868, Sleaford registration district, volume 7a page 443

He was christened at Wellingore, Lincolnshire on 19 JUL 1868, so a birth of ABT 1869 is impossible; the estimate is moved to ABT 1868. This June-quarter 1868 Lincolnshire registration is the likely entry, but quality 1: a second Charles William Cooling was registered the same quarter at Shoreditch, and Wellingore sits on the Lincoln/Sleaford district boundary. Queensland relevance: he married there in 1891 and died there in 1931.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Eastry · Volume 2a · Page 840 · Year 1874 Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” 17 NOV 1874 of Elizabeth Minnie Maple

Elizabeth Minnie Maple | 1874 Dec | Eastry | vol 2a p.840

Index row quoted as its four column values in the source's own order - Name, Quarter of registration, Registration district, GRO reference - pipe-separated. Read directly at freebmd.org.uk on 2026-08-29, not from the Ancestry copy this source row links. Registration in the December quarter of 1874 in Eastry district, which covers Ash-next-Sandwich, agrees with the birth of 17 Nov 1874 at Ash. Searching the whole 1874-75 birth index returned exactly one Elizabeth Minnie Maple.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Volume 13 · Page 533 · Quarter 1849 Jun · District Thingoe Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” 1849 of Catherine Ann Nelson

Catherine NELSON 1849 Jun Thingoe vol 13 p.533

FreeBMD birth index, columns Name | Date | Place (registration district) | Reference. The only Catherine Nelson birth registered in Thingoe in 1849 - the same district as her parents' 1845 marriage.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Volume 1d · Page 90 · District Bermondsey · Quarter 1865 Dec Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For George Frankham & Elizabeth Tills

Edith Louisa FRANKHAM 1865 Dec Bermondsey vol 1d p.90

FreeBMD birth index, columns Name | Quarter | District | Reference. Corroboration that this is the right couple: the eldest child of family 4827 is registered in the quarter immediately after the marriage, and her tree birth date of DEC 1865 and birthplace Bermondsey are this index row.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Sheffield · Volume 9c · Page 591 · Year 1878 Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For Ernest Biggin Hague (1878–1940)

Ernest Biggin HAGUE | Mar 1878 | Sheffield | vol 9c p.591

FreeBMD birth index row (fields: name | registration quarter | district | GRO volume/page); matches the existing birth event (Mar 1878, Darnall, within the Sheffield registration district).

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Ecclesall Bierlow · Volume 9c · Page 362 · Year 1886 Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For John Hague (1886–1949)

John Hague | Dec 1886 | Ecclesall B. | vol 9c p.362

FreeBMD birth index row (fields: name | registration quarter | district | GRO volume/page); the volume/page exactly match the reference already noted in the existing birth event's summary text ('Vol 9c Page 362'), confirming it. FreeBMD's 'Dec' quarter label = Oct-Dec, the same quarter the tree records as 'OCT QTR 1886'.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Witney · Volume 16 · Page 151 · Year 1851 Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For Ernulf Hedding (1851–1907)

Name: Ernulf Hedding | Date: 1851 Mar | Place: Witney | Reference: vol 16 p.151

FreeBMD births index row (columns: name, quarter/year, registration district, volume/page), fetched live via genealogy-cli. Replaces the previous uncited birthDate '21 JUN 1850', which does not match this registration's quarter and instead exactly matches the birth date on cousin Rotro William Hedding's Eaton Socon baptism (#3846) - an apparent conflation in the original Ancestry-compiled import (source #1067). No exact day of birth is available for Ernulf from this index.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Blofield · Quarter Dec 1900 · Volume 4b · Page 210 Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For Annie Ainger (1900–1965)

Annie Gladys Ainger 1900 Dec Blofield vol 4b p.210

Birth index row; columns: name, registration quarter, district, volume and page. The tree records this child as Annie, born about 1900.