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Birth Certificate of Elias Woodhouse born 1867
No: | Where and when born | Name | Sex | Name of father | Name of mother | Occupation of father | Signature description and residence of informant | When registered | Signature of registrar |
315 | Twentieth September 1867 Matlock |
Elias | Boy | Sydney Woodhouse |
Elizabeth Woodhouse formerly Wildgoose |
Grid?stone Mason Journeyman |
X The mark of Elizabeth Woodhouse Mother Matlock |
Fourteenth of October 1867 |
Joseph Hallows Registrar |
Mason: a stonecutter or stone-dresser. Journeyman: a craftsman who had served an apprenticeship and was no longer bound to serve a master, distinguished from either an apprentice or a master. Note that the registrar's name is the same as on the birth certificate for Elias Woodhouse in 1842. They may be the same person, or perhaps father and son. |