Alice Tunney

[bugwit]

Ive not been on here for a couple of years. Had to give things a miss for a while. I am still trying to find out what happened to my mums sister.
Her maiden name was Alice Tunney born Liverpool 1920. Post war she worked in the Scarisbrick Hotel Southport. I understand she went to live with a disabled man in the area about 1950's or 1960's. Can't find any marriage or death although its an outside chance she is still alive. I have had an email published in the Southport Visitor with very little response and I have subscription to Ancestry. Apologies if this sounds familiar but I am revisiting this brick wall from a couple of years ago.

[lizdb]

If she may still be alive, then her name shouldnt be posted here on Rootschat.

[bugwit]

Fair enough but she would be 94 by now so unlikely. For future reference what would be the cut off age for a ''living'' person? I don't want to be infringeing any rules.

[dawnsh]

The England & Wales death index is available online upto 2007 and the marriage index upto 2006, and then on microfiche at 7 locations around the country.

If she doesn't appear on them, check the edited electoral registers online with companies such as 192.com or FindMyPast. If she appears there, assume she is still alive or recently deceased.

If she is at an address one year but not the next, check to see if she has died. If she hasn't she may be living in a nursing home in the area.

With the age at death increasing, you should check deaths upto age 105.

There's a database online which has a list of super-centenarians

http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/deaths.php

[dawnsh]

Just to add, the death index after 1969 includes the date of birth.

If you get a copy of her birth cert, you'll have her actual dateof birth.

You can search more accurately for a death or death under a different surname if you have this info.

If you have an Ancestry sub, you can search the death index by first name only and date of birth to see if she has died and been registered as something else.

[bugwit]

Thanks for that dawnsh. Much appreciated. Will follow your links.


David Lee

[garstonite]

www.192.com
A Tunney
Merseyside
1st result = the name you have posted on the electoral roll...might not be your lady - but then again it might - so she may still be alive ...would be great if she was ...

[dawnsh]

Bit of an odd entry, that lady stopped being on the edited electoral register in 2002 but may have died way back in 1995.

The other resident is still there but I think his birth is 1934.

[bugwit]

Thanks again to dawnsh and to garstonite.
I'll post again if successful.

Dave