Grandfather st Helens 1871

[Merry]

Ernest's birth is registered in Q4 of 1912 and his death Q3 of 1914, so more likely than not to be aged 1.

The only way he could be 2 is if he was born in August 1912 but not registered for six weeks (so into October for the registration) and then died in September 1914 and registered before the end of September.

Remember, six weeks to register a birth in England and Wales but only five days to register a death.

Rita's is the easiest to work out. You already have her date of birth (post #152) of 8 May 1917 from the 1939 Register. The Register should also give any new married surname for women up to around 1990. Hers shows as Lea. Knowing that, you can confirm the record is correct by looking for her death reg. If it's after 1969 then it will include her dob. Even if you didn't know about the name change because you can't see the 1939 Page, you could still search the 1939 with the name Lea and see if the entry still appears and/or look for a death reg in names Burrows, Lea and Biggs and see if any of them turned up a match with the correct dob:

Name: Rita Lea
Death Age: 79
Birth Date: 8 May 1917
Registration Date: Jan 1997
Registration District: Knowsley
Inferred County: Merseyside
Register Number: C33
District and Subdistrict: 0231C
Entry Number: 140

[Merry]

Janet!

[Qwackers]

Yes you are appreciated very much ,merry as i've said i'm partially sighted , and haven't got a great browser which limits also what i can see . as sites don't work as well with mine

[Janet]

Originally Posted by Merry

Janet!

You saw my edit, Merry?

[Qwackers]

Great deduction on your part merry as usual a star .

[Qwackers]

I can only find one birth for a rita lea in uxbridge london . in 1959. i'll keep checking

[Qwackers]

there's also a steven lea (burrows ) born in 1969 but rita would have been over forty , so i suppose it's highly unlikely to be her

[Merry]

Originally Posted by Qwackers

I can only find one birth for a rita lea in uxbridge london . in 1959. i'll keep checking

Why do you want a birth for a Rita Lea?

Janet, no, I didn't see your Edit, but I have now. The trouble is there are subtle differences every time you search. I missed out quite a few stages when explaining to Qwackers because it made what I wrote more complicated but (as it happens) gave the same result. A lot depends on how rare the name is/was. Rita Burrows with a birth year in WW1 was rare at that date (unique?!), but if she had been called Mary Burrows then the search would have to be different.

I will think about it!

[Qwackers]

out of curiosity i looked for a birth for biggs man burrows between 1948 /1960 and two came up , a ********* born 1948 liverpool south . and a ******* lea ( burrows , born epping 1955 , obviously epping in essex . liverpool not far away . the only problem being that burrows is a very common name .

[Merry]

I don't see any births in England/Wales for children of Rita Burrows/Lea unless her married surname got taken as Lee instead of Lea in which case there are loads of matches!! lol