❤ INFANT DAUGHTER ABRAM ❤
─═════ Notes ═════─
● On the 1880 Census the transcriber put that this child was "dead brain" I think it was mistranslated and what the census taker was actually saying is this child was either a stillbirth (born dead) or the child had recently died. The concept of being brain dead wasn't formulated until 1968 and in Victorian times the brain could only be fully investigated or diagnosed as being "brain dead" after the person's death. Also, in the age for the infant it appears to be a written "one" indicating the child would have been one years old at the time of the census. And before someone messages me about the dot that is visible above the "born", there's numerous dots on the entire census that don't belong there. Mistaking "brain" for "born" is clearly a 21st. Century mind trying to decipher a 19th Century document.
● This memorial was created for genealogical purposes. Name of the child is unknown.
Last Updated: 05/21/2023, notes added.
─═════ Notes ═════─
● On the 1880 Census the transcriber put that this child was "dead brain" I think it was mistranslated and what the census taker was actually saying is this child was either a stillbirth (born dead) or the child had recently died. The concept of being brain dead wasn't formulated until 1968 and in Victorian times the brain could only be fully investigated or diagnosed as being "brain dead" after the person's death. Also, in the age for the infant it appears to be a written "one" indicating the child would have been one years old at the time of the census. And before someone messages me about the dot that is visible above the "born", there's numerous dots on the entire census that don't belong there. Mistaking "brain" for "born" is clearly a 21st. Century mind trying to decipher a 19th Century document.
● This memorial was created for genealogical purposes. Name of the child is unknown.
Last Updated: 05/21/2023, notes added.
❤ INFANT DAUGHTER ABRAM ❤
─═════ Notes ═════─
● On the 1880 Census the transcriber put that this child was "dead brain" I think it was mistranslated and what the census taker was actually saying is this child was either a stillbirth (born dead) or the child had recently died. The concept of being brain dead wasn't formulated until 1968 and in Victorian times the brain could only be fully investigated or diagnosed as being "brain dead" after the person's death. Also, in the age for the infant it appears to be a written "one" indicating the child would have been one years old at the time of the census. And before someone messages me about the dot that is visible above the "born", there's numerous dots on the entire census that don't belong there. Mistaking "brain" for "born" is clearly a 21st. Century mind trying to decipher a 19th Century document.
● This memorial was created for genealogical purposes. Name of the child is unknown.
Last Updated: 05/21/2023, notes added.
─═════ Notes ═════─
● On the 1880 Census the transcriber put that this child was "dead brain" I think it was mistranslated and what the census taker was actually saying is this child was either a stillbirth (born dead) or the child had recently died. The concept of being brain dead wasn't formulated until 1968 and in Victorian times the brain could only be fully investigated or diagnosed as being "brain dead" after the person's death. Also, in the age for the infant it appears to be a written "one" indicating the child would have been one years old at the time of the census. And before someone messages me about the dot that is visible above the "born", there's numerous dots on the entire census that don't belong there. Mistaking "brain" for "born" is clearly a 21st. Century mind trying to decipher a 19th Century document.
● This memorial was created for genealogical purposes. Name of the child is unknown.
Last Updated: 05/21/2023, notes added.
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