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Who was present at death?
« on: Wednesday 24 January 18 17:25 GMT (UK) »
Sarah what? Can't quite make it out. Also, who could she be? I've never heard of her so why would she be present. Thanks

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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 17:27 GMT (UK) »
Sarah Cowen.   She could have been a neighbour or friend

ADDED No 13 is missing in 1881
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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 17:27 GMT (UK) »
Corven  :-\  As he died of Typhus fever, I would hazard a guess that the place of death was a hospital, and she was, perhaps, a nurse.  :-\
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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 17:33 GMT (UK) »
Where did the death take place
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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 17:40 GMT (UK) »
He died at 21 Flag Lane Sunderland

So if she was the informant, she would not be a nurse? Or did nurses go to their houses?

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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 18:09 GMT (UK) »
I would doubt it was a nurse.  Maybe just someone in the community that visited the sick  :-\
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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 18:13 GMT (UK) »
My apologies, I didn't see the place of death - I assumed she was a nurse, because of the cause of death  :-[  Wrong again  :-X
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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 18:14 GMT (UK) »
Sarah made her mark. Wouldn't she have to be literate to be a nurse?

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Re: Who was present at death?
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 24 January 18 18:23 GMT (UK) »
Sunderland Daily Echo & Shipping Gazette, 4 Sep 1878
VITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND
For the week ending Aug 31st 1878
Registration Sub districts - Typhus and Typhoid Fevers
Sund. West 1; Bpwth N 1; Monkwth 1
Borough Total - 3

The deaths from fever took place in Flag Lane, Sunderland, Hopper Street, Bishopwearmouth and in the Infirmary

There's a Sarah Corwen, Alfred Street on the 1881 Census.