Dead on Census? 2 Months Death to Burial? 1851

[caroline_forster]

The informant was her father. Death certificate says her age was 8 years yet her burial record says 11 years (11 is correct given her date of birth). So he was a long way off on her age!

[BumbleB]

The image for the burial entry is available on Ancestry:

Burials in the Parish of Castleton in the hamlet of Edale -

Hannah Duffield of The Hollins, Edale, aged 11 years - 18 May 1851

[caroline_forster]

Thanks BumbleB, that's what I'd seen previously for burial.

I wonder if it's worth asking for a lookup from the original registers as I know once in a blue moon there is an error in the Transcripts?

[BumbleB]

That was the parish burial records book image that I quoted, not a transcription (other than by me).

Her father is buried 23 November 1851 - Henry Duffield of The Hollins, aged 34.

[caroline_forster]

OK, somehow I managed to post the image of the death date and marginal notes above.

The "twenty eight" in the margin relates to a notation made by the fathers profession. I can't make out what it says in the margin after "Two - ".

[caroline_forster]

Thanks BumbleB,

yes, the family lived in Edale for less than a year yet Hannah and her father both died in that time. 1851-1852 wasn't a good spell for the Duffields!

I know that I often use the "Bishops Transcripts" for Northumberland lookups (my tree is mainly Northumbrian) and occasionally the transcripts differ from the original Parish Registers. But if that burial is from the original parish registers then it takes me back to 2 months between death and burial (I just can't imagine the logistics of that back in 1851!).

Thanks again

Caroline

[BumbleB]

The snip for Hannah:

[BumbleB]

And Henry:

[caroline_forster]

Thank's BumbleB