Need help finding a death certificate

[lisasteve34]

Hi I need to find the death certificate for John Thomas Headland. Could be under Thomas Headland. was born 1844. Bedfordshire

[g a r]

do you have him on any census returns?

[lisasteve34]

yes all of them. There was thought he may have been registered in Greenwich?

[g a r]

if the 1901 census has him in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire there is a possible registered in Trapston Northamptonshire Jun Q 1911 vol 3b pg 95 - unless you've eliminated this one already

[lisasteve34]

No, i couldn't find any. Is he under John Thomas or Thomas?

[bedfordshire boy]

It's better to provide too much information than the opposite.

If you have him in all censuses where was he living in the most recent?

FreeBMD only goes up to around 1910+/-. More recent than that it's a case of ploughing through the GRO indexes quarter by quarter. Do you have an Ancestry subscription?

I have reservations about the death that gar found - it's John J rather than John T, the age is a couple of years adrift, which may not mean a lot, but it's in the wrong registration district IF the Headlands stayed in Wellingborough.

Later - ploughing through Ancestry images there's a John T Headland aged 75 in the Sept quarter 1919 at Greenwich 1d 742.

David

[lisasteve34]

I have a feeling that's the one. I did have that info re Greenwich, but couldn't remeber how. He was a traveller (in the boots and shoes trade way!! not the Gypsy way!!) so he may have died while away working. I'm going to go for that one.
Thanks Lisa

[lisasteve34]

His job title was journeyman? Any idea what that means?

I do have ancestry, but i'm not that good at finding hidden things. Especially as i have a 10 month old and 2 year old. Can be a bit distracting!!! Thanks for your help

[bedfordshire boy]

A journeyman meant that he had served an apprenticeship and was paid by the day "jour", not that he was a traveller.  Still doesn't explain what he was doing in Greenwich. In 1901 there was another John T Headland born 1844 living in Bermondsey which is much closer to Greenwich, a boot clicker so in the same trade so a death cert might not prove a lot. I did 1919 -21 in the GRO indexes. I would carry on looking if I were you as I'm not convinced this is the right John T.

The GRO BMD images are on www.ancestry.co.uk and are easy to use. Wait till the kids are a bit older and you're having to fight them to use the internet. THAT'S when it gets difficult! Which reminds me I've got to pick up my 8 year old from school in 10 minutes, so I'd better finish this post quickly and dash off, as he's bound to want it when he gets back
David