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Manx Genealogy Archive 2

Missing babies in Andreas?

My grandma was born in Andreas in 1914 as the youngest of what I thought were 5 children, a lot of them are buried in Andreas and there's a story that when a grave was opened for someone else to be buried in it the body of a baby was found. Nobody knew who it was or where it came from. I brought it up once and was told that we don't talk about it.

Today I was looking at the 1911 census and it said there were 6 children born to my grandmother's parents at this point, 2 died. As far as everyone living can tell me there should only have been 4. So I'm wondering if there's a link between the story I heard and this census return. How would I go about finding out about these 2 children who haven't lived long enough to have been on a census return? I've looked on iomfhs.im but as only 2 of the 5 children i know about are listed I know the list can't be complete.