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Hello, I am trying to find a record of my great grandfathers birth so that i can send off for his birth certificate, but i have had no luck so far & so would be grateful for any help! He was called James Fearon & he was born in Cumberland, Whitehaven around 1880. His parents were called Edward & Alice & in the 1891 census they lived at 11 Littledale Lane, Cumberland. James had 3 x brothers & 1 x sister. If anyone can shed any light on his birth entry I would be most grateful! Thanks Rebecca!

hi there is a 1881 census for a james fearon with the same parents place of birth is same also his age at time is 3 so he was born 1878, i had a quick look and there are two births registered for that year the first is for jan/feb/mar volume 10b page 603 and second is apr/may/jun volume 10b 630 hope this helps regards christine

Rebecca, you can always look on freebmd for births, deaths and marriages. Sometimes if you really cant find a birth ref you can sometimes find the sibling and send for that. Christine seems to have found a couple of possibles for you and I guess you know how to buy a cert for £7 from GRO online using the refs given. You could always choose the most likely and ask for them to check the father and mothers names before they send it which will only cost you £3 if its the wrong one.

1881 for reference

Name: James Fearon
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Edward
Mother's Name: Alles (Alice)
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Whitehaven
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Street address: 2 Johnston Court
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Whitehaven
Sub-registration district: Whitehaven
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age

Alles (Alice) Fearon 30
Edward Fearon 40
Edward Fearon 9
Elizabeth Fearon 6
James Fearon 3
John Fearon 11
Peter Fearon

1891 (Did they lose the first John?)

: James Fearon
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Edward
Mother's Name: Alice
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Whitehaven
Ecclesiastical parish: St Bees
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England


Registration district: Whitehaven
Sub-registration district: Whitehaven
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alice Fearon 43
Edward Fearon 49
Edward Fearon 19
Elizabeth Fearon 16
James Fearon 14
John Fearon 7
Peter Fearon 9

As Christine gave you:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
Birth, Marriage & Death

PreviewName: James Fearon
Year of Registration: 1878
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Whitehaven
County: Cumbria, Cumberland
Volume: 10b




Name: James Fearon
Birth: Mar 1878 - Whitehaven, Cumbria, Cumberland


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
Birth, Marriage & Death
Name: James Fearon
Birth: Jun 1878 - Whitehaven, Cumbria, Cumberland

This is the other James Fearon in 1881:

Name: James Fearon
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Civil Parish: Whitehaven
County/Island: Cumberland
Country: England

Street address: 22 Queen Street
Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Whitehaven
Sub-registration district: Whitehaven
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age

James Fearon 2
Joseph Fearon 31
Joseph Fearon
Sarah Fearon 30
Robert Mellican 19
John Scott 21


As he is shown born 79 and your chap 78, then Id tend to be looking at the earlier record for your guy, as if he were born say Jan of 78 then he would have been 3 for the 81 census whereas if the above James was the later birth and born say June 78 he would still be 2 for the 81.

Good luck :)

This looks like his parents marriage:

Marriages Jun 1866 (>99%)
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>>>FEARON Edward Whitehaven 10b 902
Lithgow Joseph Whitehaven 10b 902
>>>Nugent Alice Whitehaven 10b 902
Sawyer Jane Whitehaven 10b 902