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England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

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

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Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Registering authority
General Register Office (via FreeBMD)
Record type
birth
Years covered
1837–1915
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Ancestry
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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 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.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Holborn · Quarter Jun 1871 · Volume 1b · Page 662 Secondary

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

For Edwin Baxter (1871–1946)

Edwin Baxter 1871 Jun Holborn vol 1b p.662

Birth index row; columns: name, registration quarter, district, volume and page. Clerkenwell, the tree's stated birthplace, was in the Holborn registration district; the tree gives Edwin's birth as 29 May 1871, which falls in this June quarter. Ten months after the Sep-1870 marriage.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Volume 9d · Page 79 · Quarter Dec · Year 1881 · District Pocklington Primary

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

For Rose Ellen Johnson (1881–1881)

Rose Ellen JOHNSON | 1881 Dec | Pocklington | vol 9d p.79

FreeBMD birth-index row: Name | registration Quarter/Year | District | Volume/Page. Pocklington is the registration district covering Nunburnholme.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Whitechapel · Volume 1c · Page 339 Secondary

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

For Alfred Baldwin (1852–1936)

name: Alfred Baldwin | date: 1852 Sep | place: Whitechapel | reference: vol 1c p.339

Confirms Alfred's existing 11 Jun 1852 birth date/place (registered the following quarter, as usual). Supporting citation; no change to Alfred's record. Re-verified live via FreeBMD 2026-09-17.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Lincoln · Volume 7a · Page 502 · Year 1891 Primary

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

For Kate Lilian Rothwell (1891–1972)

Kate Lilian Rothwell | 1891 Dec | Lincoln | vol 7a p.502

FreeBMD birth index row, values in the order the search returns them: name | quarter of registration | registration district | volume and page. A birth on 7 Nov 1891 falls in the December quarter. Searching births 1891-1892 for surname Rothwell, given name Kate returned only this row and one at Hackney, so the Lincoln match is unambiguous.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Eastry · Volume 2a · Page 853 · Year 1877 Primary

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

For Ernest Maple (1877–1915)

Ernest MAPLE | 1877 Sep | Eastry | vol 2a p.853

FreeBMD birth index row; matches the Sep 1877 birth date already on this person's record exactly (Eastry district covers Woodnesborough). Distinguishes this Ernest Maple, who survived to serve and be killed in action in 1915, from the infant Ernest Maple #69847 (b. Mar 1876, d. Oct 1876, Blean district, son of Edward Maple x Mary Browning) flagged as a possible duplicate (review item 5661) - different district, different parents, different fate. FALSE_POSITIVE.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District Canterbury · Volume 2a · Page 609 · Year 1865 Primary

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

For Elizabeth Agnes Maple (1865–1941)

Elizabeth Agnes Maple | 1865 Sep | Canterbury | vol 2a p.609

FreeBMD birth index row; full given names match this person's own recorded name exactly, and Sep quarter is the expected registration quarter for a 24 Aug 1865 birth in the Canterbury district. Distinguishes this Elizabeth Agnes Maple from Elizabeth Maple #69435 (b. Jun 1867, Eastry district, different parents William Maple x Elizabeth Ann Tyrell Divers) flagged as a possible duplicate (review item 5659) - different district and year, FALSE_POSITIVE.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 District St. Germans · Volume 5c · Page 45 Primary

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

For John Doidge (1876–1904)

Name: John DOIDGE | Date: 1876 Jun | District: St. Germans | Reference: vol 5c p.45

FreeBMD England & Wales birth index row. Registration district St. Germans matches this person's recorded birthplace 'St Germans, Cornwall, England' and the quarter/year (Jun 1876) is consistent with the tree's birth year 1876.