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The Common Room / Re: Inquest Reports - Are they available?
« on: Tuesday 14 November 06 10:15 GMT (UK) »
Also, if it is of any significance, the accident occured in 1900.
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The Common Room / Inquest Reports - Are they available?
« on: Tuesday 14 November 06 10:14 GMT (UK) »
Hi everyone,
I have just found out from a death certificate that my grandfather's aunt died after falling down the stairs of her home and fracturing her spine, dying instantly.
Very tragic indeed, especially when you consider she was only 28 and had six children.
I note from the certificate that an inquest was held shortly after he death. It may sound macabre, but does anyone know if the reports from such inquests are readily available and, if so, where would be the best place to try and obtain a copy?
Thanks in adavance.
I have just found out from a death certificate that my grandfather's aunt died after falling down the stairs of her home and fracturing her spine, dying instantly.
Very tragic indeed, especially when you consider she was only 28 and had six children.
I note from the certificate that an inquest was held shortly after he death. It may sound macabre, but does anyone know if the reports from such inquests are readily available and, if so, where would be the best place to try and obtain a copy?
Thanks in adavance.
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The Lighter Side / Biggest Stroke of Luck
« on: Tuesday 03 October 06 23:46 BST (UK) »
Just before going to bed tonight I thought I'd do a bit of searching for my gr gr gr grandmother's death on the BMD Registers at Ancestry. I had narrowed it down to the 30 year period after 1901 and resigned myself to endless trawling before I came across it.
Lo and behold, I do the search and click on the first register page at random - Oct/Nov/Dec 1920 - only for her to be on that very first page.
Anybody else had similar strokes of luck?
Lo and behold, I do the search and click on the first register page at random - Oct/Nov/Dec 1920 - only for her to be on that very first page.
Anybody else had similar strokes of luck?
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The Common Room / Re: Time Team Series
« on: Tuesday 12 September 06 01:45 BST (UK) »
It may be of interest to some to know that while Mick from 'Time Team' started his PhD in Archaeology he never finished it - I understand all his work was stolen from his car outside a T-Rex concert.
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The Common Room / Mysterious Marriage
« on: Tuesday 12 September 06 00:55 BST (UK) »
Can anyone give me there opinion on the following situation?
A couple marry in 1897 in York. It is the second marriage for both of them. They have no connection to York other than the fact that the groom's sister and brother-in-law (both witnesses at the wedding live there). They both live in Barnsley but the bride is originally from Scotland.
The groom is aged 43 and listed on the certificate as a widower, though I have been unable to locate the death of his wife in death registers.
The bride is 29 and listed as a spinster, though she has been married before and has two children from her first marriage. There appears to be no record of the death of her first husband. She uses her original, birth surname on the certificate rather than the surname of her first husband.
I have too questions:
(a) Does this sound like something dodgy is going on?
AND
(b) Is it usual for a woman to use her maiden surname on official documentation if she is a widow, or would she have retained the surname of her dead husband?
I had heard that it was common practice in Scotland for wives not to change their surnames on marriage.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated?
A couple marry in 1897 in York. It is the second marriage for both of them. They have no connection to York other than the fact that the groom's sister and brother-in-law (both witnesses at the wedding live there). They both live in Barnsley but the bride is originally from Scotland.
The groom is aged 43 and listed on the certificate as a widower, though I have been unable to locate the death of his wife in death registers.
The bride is 29 and listed as a spinster, though she has been married before and has two children from her first marriage. There appears to be no record of the death of her first husband. She uses her original, birth surname on the certificate rather than the surname of her first husband.
I have too questions:
(a) Does this sound like something dodgy is going on?
AND
(b) Is it usual for a woman to use her maiden surname on official documentation if she is a widow, or would she have retained the surname of her dead husband?
I had heard that it was common practice in Scotland for wives not to change their surnames on marriage.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated?
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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: BMD Lookup - Harrison/Ball Marriage - Late 1890s
« on: Sunday 03 September 06 20:45 BST (UK) »
Thanks!
I can't believe I missed it given that I only had four years to search........I was starting to think they never got married at all!
I can't believe I missed it given that I only had four years to search........I was starting to think they never got married at all!
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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / BMD Lookup - Harrison/Ball Marriage - Late 1890s
« on: Sunday 03 September 06 20:33 BST (UK) »
I wonder if I could ask for a fresh pair of eyes in looking for the marriage of my great great grandparents, George Henry BALL and Mary HARRISON (formerly FRAIN). For both it was their second marriage.
I know they were married before1901 from the census return. Mary was Scottish and had married a soldier/journeyman joiner called Henry Harrison in 1889. They moved to Barnsley between 1891 and 1893 but I believe that she was widowed in 1896. Mary's maiden name was FRAIN.
George and Mary's first child (Constance Mary Ball) was born in 1900 so I presume that they must have been married at some point between Henry's death in 1896 and 1900. It probably took place in Barnsley or the neighbouring registration district of Wortley. However, despite searching through the BMD registers for these years I have had no joy.
Would it be possible to ask for someone else to take a second look?
I know they were married before1901 from the census return. Mary was Scottish and had married a soldier/journeyman joiner called Henry Harrison in 1889. They moved to Barnsley between 1891 and 1893 but I believe that she was widowed in 1896. Mary's maiden name was FRAIN.
George and Mary's first child (Constance Mary Ball) was born in 1900 so I presume that they must have been married at some point between Henry's death in 1896 and 1900. It probably took place in Barnsley or the neighbouring registration district of Wortley. However, despite searching through the BMD registers for these years I have had no joy.
Would it be possible to ask for someone else to take a second look?
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The Lighter Side / Re: Causes of Death
« on: Friday 01 September 06 21:21 BST (UK) »
I've just got the usual mix of typhus, typhoid fever and TB/Consumption. Also, bronchitis seems to be rather common.
The only odd ones I have are my great great great great grandfather dying of 'cancer of the bones of the face, ill for 18 months' in 1890s Scotland, and my great great grandfather dying of 'senile decay after fracturing thigh after being struck by a truck in the sidings of Barnsley Main Colliery'.
Quite how senile decay and the fracturing of a thigh are connected I'll never know.
The only odd ones I have are my great great great great grandfather dying of 'cancer of the bones of the face, ill for 18 months' in 1890s Scotland, and my great great grandfather dying of 'senile decay after fracturing thigh after being struck by a truck in the sidings of Barnsley Main Colliery'.
Quite how senile decay and the fracturing of a thigh are connected I'll never know.
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The Common Room / I Love Scottish BMD Certificates
« on: Sunday 13 August 06 10:54 BST (UK) »
I just thought I'd declare my love for the detail included on Scottish BMD certificates.
Not only does my great great great great grandmother's death certificate from 1855 include a chronological list of all her children, the date of her marriage, the names of both her parents AND her place of burial, I found another gem this morning.
While searching for a birth I came across the birth ceritifcate of a John Green Connell from 1892, which notes in the parents column that the mother and father are not married. Not only this it details clearly that the mother was already married to a fish dealer called Henry Roberts, who she declares is not the father of the child and that she has had no communication with her husband since 1885.
I have seen other certificates with similar extended commentary - such a pity we don't tend to get this in England.
Not only does my great great great great grandmother's death certificate from 1855 include a chronological list of all her children, the date of her marriage, the names of both her parents AND her place of burial, I found another gem this morning.
While searching for a birth I came across the birth ceritifcate of a John Green Connell from 1892, which notes in the parents column that the mother and father are not married. Not only this it details clearly that the mother was already married to a fish dealer called Henry Roberts, who she declares is not the father of the child and that she has had no communication with her husband since 1885.
I have seen other certificates with similar extended commentary - such a pity we don't tend to get this in England.