Introduction

The General Register Office (currently at Southport, but sometimes referred to as the St Catherine's House records as that used to be their location) has since 1837 recorded Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales (but not Scotland nor Ireland). However, only those reported to them have been collated and indexed. Furthermore the indexation was subject to human transcription which means records were lost prior to transcribing, were wrongly transcribed or didn't find their way into the index. Most, but not all, of the records have been re-transcribed at the Free BMD website by volunteers. This page is created from a combination of Free BMD records cross-checked and supplemented by my own examination of the G.R.O. records. Name To take account of the phonetic spelling and many transcription errors, I have included all surnames that start GLANV and GLENV, discarding the few that are clearly unrelated. As in the census records, there are Glanvilles whose names were written GLANFILL, GLENFIELD, GRANVEL and the like - but these are relatively few in number and it is easier to omit them than try to isolate them for inclusion.

Glanville Births
Births for 1838 to 1920 inclusive:- Within the human population as a whole, it is expected there to be 105 male births for every 100 female births. Glanville births follow this closely with a ratio of 106.8 for the data charted above; however there can be significant variants, for example in 1891 there were 34 male and 23 female births registered; in 1892 24 males and 36 females.

Glanville Marriages
Marriages 1838-1920 inclusive:- With female life expectancy exceeding that of the males, it is probable that the greater number of female marriages than male is due to the remarriage of widowed Glanvilles. However, socially in those times it was more acceptable to be a Confirmed Bachelor than to be an Old Maid, and thus fewer Glanville males married than females.

Glanville Deaths

Deaths 1838-1920 inclusive:- The surprisingly consistent death rate across the period is marked by a few years of higher mortality. Local epidemics of say Cholera are unlikely to show up on the national figures, so either these are statistically meaningless (within the natural variation) or are perhaps a reflection of climate such as abnormally severe winters. The sex ratio across the charted data of 104.6 is slightly lower than the 106.8 at birth which might be accounted for by say sailors lost at sea; soldiers dying overseas and men emigrating to seek their fortunes in Australia, Canada and The Dominions.