Charlie's date of birth

"Phil Cox" <phil RemoveThis @londonmail.com> wrote:

> Charlie's date of birth is given as 16th April 1889 in London. But I have
> checked the birth records (I am a family historian) and can find no record.
> Can any lister enlighten me?


The David Robinson biography addresses this. I don't have my copy
at hand, but I think he says the birth was recorded a day or so later.
I think there's also a reproduction of some sort of ledger recording
the birth.




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"Phil Cox" <phil.DeleteThis@londonmail.com> wrote in message news:<1095275354.24210.0.DeleteThis@spandrell.news.uk.clara.net>...
> Charlie's date of birth is given as 16th April 1889 in London. But I have
> checked the birth records (I am a family historian) and can find no record.
> Can any lister enlighten me?
>
> Phil Cox
> London

No birth record of Chaplin exists. You might want to look at David
Robinson's biography for a discussion of this frustrating
circumstance.

Connie K.
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shushfilmseznospam.RemoveThis@yahoo.com (Shush) wrote in message news:<e735104c.0409160815.6ad0b31d.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>...
> "Phil Cox" <phil.RemoveThis@londonmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Charlie's date of birth is given as 16th April 1889 in London. But I have
> > checked the birth records (I am a family historian) and can find no record.
> > Can any lister enlighten me?
>
>
> The David Robinson biography addresses this. I don't have my copy
> at hand, but I think he says the birth was recorded a day or so later.
> I think there's also a reproduction of some sort of ledger recording
> the birth.
>
>
>
>
> --Shush--

Chaplin's birth was announced in a paper called _The Magnet_ on 11 May
1889,
but it was placed incorrectly on the 15th rather than the 16th. His
birth was never officially registered, although his half brother
Sydney's was.

As Phil indicates, such failures to register births weren't unusual.

The relevant pages in Robinson are facing p.1, and p.10.

Connie K.
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Thank you all for your help. I assume Charlie's parents moved around a lot,
being in the music hall. This might account for their failiure to register
the birth.
I have recorded both parents, living apart, in the 1901 census in South
London, Charlie and Sydney living with their mother.
Both addrresses were boarding houses.

Thanks again.
Phil
"Constance Kuriyama" <constance.kuriyama.DeleteThis@ttu.edu> wrote in message
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> "Phil Cox" <phil.DeleteThis@londonmail.com> wrote in message
news:<1095275354.24210.0.DeleteThis@spandrell.news.uk.clara.net>...
> > Charlie's date of birth is given as 16th April 1889 in London. But I
have
> > checked the birth records (I am a family historian) and can find no
record.
> > Can any lister enlighten me?
> >
> > Phil Cox
> > London
>
> No birth record of Chaplin exists. You might want to look at David
> Robinson's biography for a discussion of this frustrating
> circumstance.
>
> Connie K.
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