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Looking for the birth and death of 2 baby cousins. I have always been given to understand that my Aunt had 2 babies that died, one was called John and died when he was 10 months the other I do not know.

The parents were Leonard Spratt and Phyliss Williams they married in 1930 Northwick Gloucestershire but moved to Surrey/Sussex they had 5 other children.


I have searched FreeBMD with little success,

Any help would be appreciated.

helina

Perhaps they were stillborn so won't be on the bmd records

Maybe John didn't die at 10months

The stillborn register is a separate register and usually only open to the parents

2 closed records


Spratt Household (4 People)
Haxted Mead Edenbridge , Godstone R.D., Surrey, England
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FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB OCCUPATION
Leonard Spratt 29 Aug 1905 Dairy Farmer
Phyllis (M) Spratt 10 ? 1910 Unpaid Domestic Duties
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Ref: RG101/1943J/005/32 Letter Code:
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Closed records maybe

Births Dec 1931
Spratt Ina Williams Hailsham 2b 127
Spratt Sylvia Williams Hailsham 2b 127

No others born in Sussex / Surrey or Gloucestershire

Thank you Shirley for looking

helina

maybe?

Death
SPRATT, JOHN ARTHUR age: 0
GRO Reference: 1936 M Quarter in SOUTHWARK Volume 01D Page 17


Not seeing a birth for John Arthur- possibly this birth?

Births Mar 1936
SPRATT Arthur J (mother's maiden name: Williams)
Sevenoaks 2a 1431
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There is also this death but no matching birth:

Deaths Jun 1932
Spratt Miriam age: 0 Staines 3a 20

There is this birth that could match the death of Miriam that AustinQ found - if the baby was known by her middle name? :-

First name(s) IVY M
Last name SPRATT
Birth year 1931
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Williams
District Milton
County Kent
Country England
Volume 2A
Page 1737
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Births

EDIT - Don't think this is the one as there is a marriage in 1952 for an Ivy M Spratt in Kent so she may be the birth above.

Kath. x

There were twins born in Dec qtr, 1931, if the records posted earlier are for the right family, so that would rule out the one in Kent.

This looks like the marriage of the parents for the Kent birth(s)

Marriages Dec 1928 (>99%)

Spratt Charles H A Williams Bridge 2a 2388
WILLIAMS Alice I Spratt Bridge 2a 2388

1939

Spratt Household (5 People)
1 Station Cottages , Canterbury C.B., Kent, England

Alice I Spratt 19 Feb 1907 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 58 2
Charles H A Spratt 24 Mar 1902 Male S R ? Telegh Dri? Married 58 1
Peter C Spratt ? ? 1930 Male At School Married 58 3
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Joyce M Spratt 18 Oct 1936 Female Child Under School Age Single 58 5

Austin, Very likely could be John, why Kent but there was relatives living there. A younger son was born in 1944 reg Staines (he lived) another son reg in Staines Births Dec 1941 (>99%)

Spratt Albert E Williams Staines 3a97, could he be the other son who died
cannot find a death entry.

helina

this could be the parents of the above albert e spratt


Marriages Dec 1940 (>99%)
Spratt Albert E Williams Staines 3a 31 Scan available - click to view
Williams Mabel D Spratt Staines 3a 31

Albert E Spratt married in 1972

I think you may have to accept that you may never know for sure.

You could get copies of the various certs if it's important enough to you, but these stories do tend to crop up in families and get passed on as fact.

I have an instance in mine where a chap was told by his mother that she'd lost two sets of twins - no truth in it, whatsoever.

I may get a certificate for John Arthur' birth, again thanks for your help

helina