Louisa Annie EARL (1892- )

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Marriage and Family Details

Note on Marriage to Edward George AYLETT

There is something slightly strange about the children of this couple.

In 1923, Louisa gave birth to a baby boy who thay named Edward A Aylett. This Edward went to to marry and have children.

In 1928, Louisa gave birth to another baby boy, who they named Edward G Aylett. This Edward died shortly after birth.

Whilst there are many examples in this tree of couples who have had a child, who dies at a young age and they then "re-use" the name for a subsiquent child, this is the first time I have seen a couple re-use a name of a child that is still living, and begs the question why? It may be that the second Edwards was not an Edward at all, but had a similar sounding name which was mis-transcribed on the registration documents (both birth and death - is this likely?) Edward G would have been 5 years old at the time of his brother's birth / death so it is unlikely that there would have been an estrangement between parents and child which would cause them to disown the elder son in favour of a new child? It is possible that Edward G was unofficially adopted so was no longer a member of that family at the time of Edward A's birth?

Further investigation is needed to resolve this riddle.