Why not just order his birth certificate from the GRO? If you order soon it
is £7.00 In April it changes to £9.00 Carr Stephen 1878 June ¼ Chester Le
Street 10a 566. This will have when his parents registered his birth with
date. Birth certificates and proof of date of birth was not all that
important in the 19 century.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
May as well get the marriage of Stephen and Sarah--mostly to make sure of
Sarah's father's name. I am not seeing her birth registration in Mar ¼
which is what I would expect if her birthdate were Feb but registrations
have been known to be late. The registration goes from the date that it was
registered not date the occasion occured. The best one is Sarah Jane
Cattrall 1882 Jun ¼ Houghton 10a 494. Her age on the census shows a birth
year of 1882 rather than 80 or 81. Note the Free BMD has Sarah Ann but the
original is Sarah Jane. Houghton would be the registration district for
Herrington and New Herrington. I have notified the Free BMD people about
the mistranscription.
The only way you are going to get full confirmation is to send for the
certificates.
Janis