Why do some birth/death notices not show a given/christian name?
• Children’s birth or death notices until the 1940s did not give the given/christian name of the baby, nor did they usually mention the mother’s name. The child is indexed under surname only, with ‘Associated Name’ referring to the name of the father. • Married women’s obituaries before the 1930s usually did not give the given/christian name or her maiden name, referring to her as ‘Mrs. John Smith’. Therefore, she is indexed as Smith, with an ‘Associated Name’ reference to her husband.
