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Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« on: Tuesday 06 June 17 13:22 BST (UK) »
I have the death certificate of Elizabeth Jane Lees.  I can't make out where it says her place of birth is.  I believe she was born in the United Kingdom, but I'm not sure what this specifically says.

Thank you for your deciphering help!


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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 13:25 BST (UK) »
The closest sensible suggestion I can get is Ireland.
Although the second letter looks more like a h than an r
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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 13:33 BST (UK) »
Ireland possibly but that second letter is a problem :-\ at first I thought it was Thailand  ;D

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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 13:36 BST (UK) »
The closest sensible suggestion I can get is Ireland.
Although the second letter looks more like a h than an r

Agree that it's probably a badly written Ireland but the surname is Lee not Lees.
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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 15:22 BST (UK) »
I'm confident the second letter is 'h' - compare with "South" on "street and number". Very good match.

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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 15:27 BST (UK) »
If the last written word for Ward: is (indeed) "Ward", the last letter of our word must also be 'd'.

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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 15:28 BST (UK) »
Overall, I think it says "Iheland", i.e. Ireland with a 'h' in it, perhaps the writer just typo'd (if you see what I mean).

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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 06 June 17 18:34 BST (UK) »
I'm wondering if it the pronunciation was to blame. I seem to recall people who said Ihreland. ???

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Re: Place of Birth of Elizabeth Jane Lees
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 07 June 17 00:04 BST (UK) »
There is a better record of this death on Family Search and it states her place of birth is Ireland.

The record is Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803 to 1915

Hopefully the below link will take you to the record:-

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-677W-8PH?i=398&cc=1320976
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire