Ernest Albert Whiting 1886-1892

Parents: Frederick Whiting and Sarah Backler (1,2)
Born: 6th June 1886 (or 1888?) at 9 Duddery Road, Haverhill (1,2)
Baptised: 11th October 1891 at St Mary's Parish Church, Haverhill (1)
Married: None.
Children: None.
Died: July 1892 in Haverhill. Buried at Haverhill Cemetery on 25th July 1892.(3,4)

Bio: Baptism records give Ernest's birth year as 1886, although his GRO birth entry appears for the year 1888. Ernest appears on the 1891 census as a young child. He had been baptised on the same day as his Esther Harriet, his sibling closest in age. He died (aged 4 according to Cemetery records) in July 1892 and was buried at Haverhill Cemetery. His sister Esther died the following year and was buried alongside him.

Sources:

(1) Suffolk Records Office, Bury St Edmunds, Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Haverhill. Fiche 578/4/p38 of 41
(2) Birth Register. 3rd Quarter 1888, Risbridge District, Volume 4a Page 610
(3) Death Register. 3rd Quarter 1892, Risbridge Volume 4a Page 360
(4) Haverhill Cemetery, Compartment A, Grave Space 31, Ref.1946. http://www.haverhill-uk.com/pages/burial-records-137.htm