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Fitsporn Birth??????

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Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 16:32

I have just noticed on 1901 census for one of my families an entry in the deaf/dumb/blind/lunatic section it says what looks like Fitsporn Birth. I wonder if anyone knows what this means? Carole xx

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 23 Apr 2005 16:39

checked 11 search engines and nothing came up. I wonder if it should be firstborn Ann Glos

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 16:43

Hi Christopher It cant be stillborn as she was 13 yrs old! Its definately Fit??orn, looks like fitsborn to me. Carole xx

Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 16:50

Dea Yes the ref is RG 13/5. She was the 5th child. Name Emma Vince, but I think on search its under Vance if I remember rightly. Carole xx

Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 16:53

Ohhhhh, looking more closely I think it says fits from birth, does anyone agree?

Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 16:57

Thanks Dea, another mystery solved! Does that mean she was mad then?

Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 17:05

I dont suppose they knew much about it in those days, its a shame shes in the lunatic column if she wasnt mad I mean. C xx

The Bag

The Bag Report 23 Apr 2005 17:09

If they had called that column 'Disability' then, as we would do today , there would not be that problem. However they didn't It is only that we have learned so much more about disability that we are now more comfortable with it. Do not assume that your rellie was other than ''sane'- she prob went on to have a family of her own, and was simply a sufferer of Epilepsy

Carole

Carole Report 23 Apr 2005 17:23

Dea, how awful, I will try to find out what happened to her. How anyone can call it the Good Old Days beats me. Thank goodness we are more understanding now. C xx