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Thank you very much Forfarian.  That map is really helpful. 

Thanks also to GR2 re the post office directories.

I think I understand now.

regards
Janice

Hello folks
I have a death entry for an ancestor who died of senile decay at 128 Mid Stocket Road, Old Machar in 1897.  His son registered the death and has written 'Son and Inmate' or 'Son of Inmate'. 

Can anyone tell me what that address was used as please?  I know there was a ragged school in that street and the boys were called inmates, but the older people were called patients.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

regards
Janice Hutt

Brilliant story. Thanks for sharing x

Thank you very much to everyone for their help and suggestions.
regards
Jan

Thanks again everyone for your input and suggestions, and for the weather records trystan.

You are all making me think now.   The idea that she maybe was visiting someone in Greenbank and was swept down the burn is an idea worth pursuing. 

As to the buses or trams, the route may be different to what it was in 1930, so I don't really know where she would have got off of the vehicle.

The death certificate says she was seen at 11pm the  previous night (27th) but not where she was seen.  I wouldn't think that if it was a freezing night, she would walk all the way from the city centre.  I imagine she would have got a bus or tram, or perhaps she got a lift or a taxi.  Actually, that thought had never occurred to me before.

Does anyone know where I could get more local information.  When I googled the Braid Burn, it says that the burn is prone to flooding.  Could it have been flooded that night?  Though very cold that night, would it have been icy and slippy? Can you tell me which newspaper might have reported on the inquest by the Procurator Fiscal.  I have tried the Scotsman online records but don't know what else to try?

As to the cause of death, the Death Certificate was issued on the 30th January 1930 and suicide was suspected.  After the inquiry was carried out, the Procurator fiscal decided that it was drowning but didn't say suicide. I don't really know if it is usual for the RCE to differ from the death certificate Ruskie.   I'd love to know what evidence was said in the inquiry.   I don't know if there was a post mortem Forfarian.  How do we know she wasn't thrown into the burn?  Surely it would have been reported somewhere?  What newspaper would you suggest Rosinish?

We have been to the area and looked at maps.  We believe that the only place where she could have been found in the Braid Burn, east of Braid Road, is within the grounds of the country park.  The burn then goes under the road, to the west side of  Braid Road.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated.