Poor little Eva Rogers.
Not only did she die at just 3 years of age, but she was buried under the wrong name!
To be fair, this error is likely confined to the burial register – a slip up by the rector confusing the names of two sisters – but I can’t help but feel a little indignation for the wee lass.
Eva’s older sister, Ada Rogers was born in 1859 and was only 18 years old when she died in 1877.
Eva Rogers was born two years after her sister in 1861 and baptised in November at Newport, Shropshire, England.
As she was born and died between censuses, I only know of Eva’s existence due to trawling the Newport, Shropshire parish records on FindMyPast. But still, her burial did not appear in the burial records. However, there was a burial of ‘another’ Ada Rogers in 1865. I already knew Eva’s sister, Ada (who did appear on censuses) died in 1877 so who was this other Ada? At first I thought there was a transcription error but the record clearly showed ‘Ada Rogers’.
Fortunately, Eva was registered under the correct name as can be seen in the GRO index.
The surname, death place and age at death match so I can surmise the rector simply had ‘a bit of a slip-up’ at the time of recording in the burial register. I feel glad that I was able to uncover the mistake and reestablish her place in the family tree.
