Information on an 1850s/60s death certificate

[greyingrey]

Would the death certificate of a widow from this period show her surname before marriage, please ? It isn't featured on any of the census records & I'm having problems identifying her (&, if it would, how do I order a copy ?)

Thanks

[BridgetM]

None of the death certificates I've received showed the widow's maiden name.

[greyingrey]

Thanks, Bridget

[carol8353]

This is a great website to bookmark to show you what's on all the certs.

http://home.clara.net/dixons/Certificates/indexbd.htm

Carol

[greyingrey]

Thanks, Carol.....that will be very useful

[stanmapstone]

These simple help sheets are very useful for what is shown on certificates

Birth Certificate Help Sheet  http://www.rootschat.com/links/072k/   
Marriage Certificate Help Sheet  http://www.rootschat.com/links/072l/   
Death Certificate Help Sheet  http://www.rootschat.com/links/072m/


Stan

[greyingrey]

Thanks too, Stan

[winston]

Hi

Who are you seeking information abt?

Maybe between us on here we can find the info you seek.

Wendy

[greyingrey]

Thanks, Winston

Oh......this is a saga.....I've posted on the relevant county threads & contacted the people with special interests in the surnames etc etc....but....if you insist (this might be connected with the Peaches....by the way, Mum sends her warm wishes & memories of Cyril & Hilda)

According to the census records, my gggg grandmother was born in Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, but I don't know her surname, but I do know approx when she was born & that she later appears as "Betsy", the wife of Lyon Asher, in Nottingham. With the help of kind people, we've ploughed through the Titchmarsh records & been left with 4 Elizabeths born in Titchmarsh at around the right time that can't be accounted for in death/marriage records (nor can we find a marriage for Betsy & Lyon)

These are as follows (all dates are for baptisms in Titchmarsh)

Elizabeth Peach 12/7/1789
Elizabeth Greene 18/3/1791
Elizabeth Barefield 9/4/1792
Elizabeth Colson 11/6/1800

Elizabeth Peach & Elizabeth Barefield might be particularly interesting. Elizabeth Peach because, as Winston will know, a Peach family who originally came from  Brampton, Huntingdonshire (ie, not that far from Titchmarsh) were good friends of my father's family in Nottingham & Cyril Peach was my godfather (&, I think, my father's best man)....so I'm wondering if they were distant relatives through Elizabeth &, when Cyril's family moved up to Nottingham, they naturally got in touch with one another. Elizabeth Barefield.....she had a brother named George & someone who I think was either a brother/nephew/cousin of my gggg grandfather (William Asher), named his first child George Bayfield Asher. Apparently, if you say Barefield with a Northants accent, it will sound like Bayfield to Nottingham ears, so it may be the case that George Barefield was a very good friend of William Asher's & William named his son after him (can't find a family connection with Bayfield)....which would imply that William & Lyon could very well also have known Elizabeth Barefield.

I've looked at Lyon's will but there are no clues there....it's driving me mad......

Any suggestions welcome