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Hi all, I have been following leads on 3x great grandfather William Loft, a few months ago I received his birth certificate which showed he was born in Holborn in 1853, but at some point he moved and set up home with his wife Emma (Maiden name Maysh) in Kingston Upon Thames, every census after their marriage in 1873 has them here in Kingston. Kingston have their burial records for their cemeteries on the council website but I had been unable to find him (or Emma either). I had thought that maybe they had left the area or something but today I received William's death certificate which states him as still living in Kingston and that he died here in 1925. I just wondered as I cannot find him on Kingston's burial records is there another way to possibly find out where he was buried and possibly Emma too?
Thanks

The word description" in the heading above column 6 means the description of how they are qualified to register the death, not a description of their role or occupation.

In order of precedence, the first primary informant allowed to register a death would be "a relative, present at the death", which is what you have shown here, so she should be related according to the wording used.

GRO describe a relative as someone related by "blood, marriage or adoption" so she could be a sister in law or half sister etc.

Hi thank you, this was my first assumption however after just identifying who she on the census records (matched her address from death certificate) I have learned her full first name is Victoria, neither Jane (whose death record this is) nor her husband George have any sisters named Victoria

And I just did some quick searches following her on the census records which state she was born in Somerset (Jane was born in Kingston and George Reading) and she only came to Kingston when she married a Frederick Tanner before the 1881 census which is as far back as I have got in following her

Hi MrsD16

Sorry but we are only allowed to post 'snippets of documents and not full copies, is is possible to crop it

Thanks
Rosie

Hi sorry I didn't realize I have edited my post now

There was a near neighbour V Tanner in the 1901 census ( Jane Webb on page 17, V Tanner on page 21). Born Somerset circa 1850, no occupation. Other censuses reveal that she is Victoria Tanner.

Could it be "sitter" rather than "sister" ? I am wondering if she was a friend keeping vigil.

Hi thank you for looking, I did find this V Tanner and have marked her as a possibility but wasn't able to find a connection, maybe I won't be able too

Hi all not sure where I'm going with this or if anyone one is able to help but thought I'd try, as I'm struggling to work out who the informant on my ggg grandmother's death certificate is

She died from a cerebral hemorrhage after being in a coma for 3 days and 12 hours (according to the certificate) in 1908, and the informant is listed as V. Tanner (thats what I read it as anyways) and states she is sister

But i'm struggling to find a sister for my ggg grandmother beginning with V (only sisters I've found are named Mary-Ann and Fanny), my husband suggested she could be a ward sister or a nun but not sure how to find out?

My ancestor name was Jane Webb (maiden name Martin) born 1850 and died 1908 (both in Kingston upon Thames and her husband was George Webb who was still alive at her death

Any insight would be greatly appreciated