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Age 0 on death index?

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Jenny

Jenny Report 19 Feb 2004 22:53

I've looked on 1837online and i thought I'd fund the person I was looking for but it had age 0 next to it. Would this definately be a child or do some of the records not have ages recorded? Please help

Kay

Kay Report 19 Feb 2004 22:57

Could be that the child died shortly after being born. I've got birth certificates for twins that my mother-in-law gave birth to in the early 1960's. They only lived a few hours but because they were born alive a birth and death cert had to be issued. Kay

Geoff

Geoff Report 19 Feb 2004 22:59

Anyone dying before their first birthday is 0.

CelticShiv

CelticShiv Report 19 Feb 2004 23:06

when a death has 0 next to it, it means that the child died anywhere up to the age of 1. So it could be that it was stillborn, could of died a few weeks after birth or a few months.