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Offline mulvenna

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Re: Help with reading cause of death on certificate
« Reply #9 on: Friday 18 August 17 11:15 BST (UK) »
I have similar request.

Cause of death for a two-year old girl in 1861 Edinburgh.

Assuming it says "Consequence of a fall" - but what is the last word?

MULVENNA, McGAREL, MATTHEWS, MORROW, GIBSON, ROBINSON, McKAY (Co. Antrim); O'CONNOR, MULLAN, PERRY, CAMPBELL, COWAN, McGUIGAN, HUNTER (Co. Derry); McCRORY, MULGREW (Co. Tyrone)

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Re: Help with reading cause of death on certificate
« Reply #10 on: Friday 18 August 17 11:46 BST (UK) »
Something herself?
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Re: Help with reading cause of death on certificate
« Reply #11 on: Friday 18 August 17 11:48 BST (UK) »
Consequence of
a fall last harvest

 ???
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Help with reading cause of death on certificate
« Reply #12 on: Friday 18 August 17 12:00 BST (UK) »
Thanks Carol and avm

"by Herself" could be what is there if the descending part of the "y" isn't visible and that's a captial H.
MULVENNA, McGAREL, MATTHEWS, MORROW, GIBSON, ROBINSON, McKAY (Co. Antrim); O'CONNOR, MULLAN, PERRY, CAMPBELL, COWAN, McGUIGAN, HUNTER (Co. Derry); McCRORY, MULGREW (Co. Tyrone)