Birth Certificate
Object
Certificate
Production date
15/05/1849
Object number
2016.97
Physical Description
Birth Certificate of Alexander Henry Chalmers 28 April 1849
Material
Paper
Dimension
Height: 200mm
Length: 383mm
Length: 383mm
On display?
No
Inscription
HACKNEY MUSEUM A12
2
878
Certified Copy of an Entry in a Register of Births, Given at the General Register Office, Somerset House, London.
SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR’S DISTRICT Holborn
1849. BIRTHS in the District of St George the Martyr and St Andrew Western
In the County of
No.
124
When and where Born.
(...)
Name, if any.
Alexander Henry
Sex
Boy
Name and Surname of Father.
Alexander Chalmers
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother.
(...)
Bank or Profession of Father.
(...)
Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant.
(...)
When Registered.
(...)
Signature of Registrar.
Alex Chalmers
Father
3 chapel Street
Bedford Row
Baptismal Name, if added after Registration of Birth
(...)
CERTIFIED to be a true Copy of an Entry in the Certified Copy of a Register of Births in the District above mentioned. Given at the General Register Office, Somerset House, London, under the Seal of the said Office, the 13th day of May 1875.
By the Act of 6 & 7 William IV ., c. 86, sect. 38 it is enacted, “That the Registrar General shall cause to be made a Seal of the said Register Office, and the Registrar General shall cause to be sealed or stamped “therewith all Certified Copies of Entries given in the said Office; and all Certified Copies of Entries, purporting to be sealed or Stamped with the Seal of the said Register Office, shall be received as evidence of the Birth, Death, “or Marriage to which the same relatives, without any further or other proof of such Entry; and no Certified Copy purporting to be given in the said Office shall be any force or effect which is not sealed or stamped as aforesaid.” By sect. 37 of the same Act, it is enacted, that “for every general search of the indexes shall be paid the sum of twenty shillings, and for every particular search the sum of one shilling, and for every Certified Copy the sum of two shillings and sixpence;” exclusive of Inland Revenue Stamp (33 and 34 Viet., c. 97) of one penny.
The Act 24 & 25 Vict., c. 98, sect. 36, enacts that whosoever shall “unlawfully destroy, deface, or injure, or cause or permit to be destroyed, defaced, or injured, any Register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths or “Burials,......or any Certified Copy of any such Register, or any part thereof, or shall forge or fraudulently alter in any such Register any Entry relating to any Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Death, or Burial,......or any Certified “Copy of such Register, or of any part thereof,......or shall forge or counterfeit the Seal of or belonging to any Register Office,……or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any such Register, Entry, Certified Copy, Certificate, “or Seal, knowing the same to be false, forged or altered,” shall be guilty of Felony, and shall be liable to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life, or for any term not less than Five Years [ 27 & 28 Vict., c. 47], or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding Three Years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
6-182-85] London: Printed for H.M. Stationary Office by Ford & Tilt, 52, Long Acre, London.
THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE ENGLAND
13.5.75
2
878
Certified Copy of an Entry in a Register of Births, Given at the General Register Office, Somerset House, London.
SUPERINTENDENT REGISTRAR’S DISTRICT Holborn
1849. BIRTHS in the District of St George the Martyr and St Andrew Western
In the County of
No.
124
When and where Born.
(...)
Name, if any.
Alexander Henry
Sex
Boy
Name and Surname of Father.
Alexander Chalmers
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother.
(...)
Bank or Profession of Father.
(...)
Signature, Description, and Residence of Informant.
(...)
When Registered.
(...)
Signature of Registrar.
Alex Chalmers
Father
3 chapel Street
Bedford Row
Baptismal Name, if added after Registration of Birth
(...)
CERTIFIED to be a true Copy of an Entry in the Certified Copy of a Register of Births in the District above mentioned. Given at the General Register Office, Somerset House, London, under the Seal of the said Office, the 13th day of May 1875.
By the Act of 6 & 7 William IV ., c. 86, sect. 38 it is enacted, “That the Registrar General shall cause to be made a Seal of the said Register Office, and the Registrar General shall cause to be sealed or stamped “therewith all Certified Copies of Entries given in the said Office; and all Certified Copies of Entries, purporting to be sealed or Stamped with the Seal of the said Register Office, shall be received as evidence of the Birth, Death, “or Marriage to which the same relatives, without any further or other proof of such Entry; and no Certified Copy purporting to be given in the said Office shall be any force or effect which is not sealed or stamped as aforesaid.” By sect. 37 of the same Act, it is enacted, that “for every general search of the indexes shall be paid the sum of twenty shillings, and for every particular search the sum of one shilling, and for every Certified Copy the sum of two shillings and sixpence;” exclusive of Inland Revenue Stamp (33 and 34 Viet., c. 97) of one penny.
The Act 24 & 25 Vict., c. 98, sect. 36, enacts that whosoever shall “unlawfully destroy, deface, or injure, or cause or permit to be destroyed, defaced, or injured, any Register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths or “Burials,......or any Certified Copy of any such Register, or any part thereof, or shall forge or fraudulently alter in any such Register any Entry relating to any Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Death, or Burial,......or any Certified “Copy of such Register, or of any part thereof,......or shall forge or counterfeit the Seal of or belonging to any Register Office,……or shall offer, utter, dispose of, or put off any such Register, Entry, Certified Copy, Certificate, “or Seal, knowing the same to be false, forged or altered,” shall be guilty of Felony, and shall be liable to be kept in Penal Servitude for Life, or for any term not less than Five Years [ 27 & 28 Vict., c. 47], or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding Three Years, with or without hard labour, and with or without solitary confinement.
6-182-85] London: Printed for H.M. Stationary Office by Ford & Tilt, 52, Long Acre, London.
THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE ENGLAND
13.5.75