Sarah Jenkins birth Coleford Office, Monmouth District, 1860 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Sunday, June 15, 2014, 14:03 (3815 days ago) @ janethowell

GlosBMD (great site and strongly recommended) gives;

Birth Details

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry
JENKINS Rachel JENKINS JENKINS DAVIS 1860 Forest of Dean Monmouth, Coleford 16 81

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/SimpleSearch.aspx

FreeBMD usually allows more accurate dating, albeit without such specific location. This MAY be the same Birth ?, listed in the September Quarter ie registered during July-September inclusive;

Births Sep 1860 (>99%)
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JENKINS Rachel Monmouth 11a 18

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Unfortunately this is a very popular name with several "Rachel Jenkins" Births registered in this large Monmouth District about this time !!??. In this case the birth was registered in the March Quarter, ie between January and March. Often a birth may actually have occurred during late December but only gets registered in the following Quarter, presumably put-off due to winter weather and Christmas activity.

Births Mar 1861 (>99%)
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JENKINS Rachel Monmouth 11a 34

Note that the Monmouth District also includes a large area outside the Forest, see
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/monmouth.html

To make matters worse for us, Rachel can be spelt Rachael, for example, particularly a little further into South Wales it seems from the FreeBMD Records I've found. I've seen some particularly unlikely spellings of this very popular name !!
Unfortunately the FreeBMD search engine only finds entries for the exact same spelling we input, whereas GlosBMD for example is less "fussy". Searching again for Rachael Jenkins gives, for example, these local Deaths which MAY be relevant.

Deaths Sep 1861 (>99%)
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JENKINS Rachael Chepstow 11a 6

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Deaths Dec 1862 (>99%)
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JENKINS Rachael Monmouth 11a 21

Both these Deaths APPEAR to be also recorded as Burials within this FoD site's PRs;

Record_ID: 217064
Entry_Number: 197
Year: 1861
Month: Oct
Day: 1
Surname: JENKINS
Forenames: Rachel
Residence: The Back Chepstow
Age_at_death: 80 y[ea]rs
Officiating_Minister: Rev[eren]d Tho[ma]s Reece
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: [1]Wife of W[illia]m Jenkins [2]Blacksmith [3][place of burial] Plot B [number of grant] 151 [4]uncon[secrated ground]
Notes: [2]occupation of husband
Register_Reference: A
Page_No: 10
Parish_Chapel: Chepstow Municipal Cemetery
Soundex: J525

Record_ID: 309915
Entry_Number:
Year: 1862
Month: Oct
Day: 8
Surname: JENKINS
Forenames: Rachel
Residence: The ForgeMonmouth
Age_at_death: Infant
Officiating_Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_No:
Parish_Chapel: Monmouth
Soundex: J525

Clearly not conclusive...but helpful for elimination purposes.
I cannot (yet !!??) find the aforementioned 1860 Birth within the FoD PRs.

It's also not unusual for Register entries to have been mispelt by official when entering into the Records, also transcription errors within the FreeBMD process can and have happened, it's always worth checking the photos of the original entries.

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Re interpreting the Census records, I'm annoyed I cannot find a wellknown site which has a great guide to interpreting the various BMD records, but meanwhile this is also very helpful
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/how-our-census-works/about-censuses/...