I sent for a death cert of a relative of mine who died in the early 1950's hoping it would tell me why she was in burntwood but it gave other causes, basically heart problems but nothing else. I was told by a relative who was a midwife that she would be in for what now people refer to as baby blues. Also she could have come out but did n't want to and the marriage was n't good either. I don't know whether this info is correct or not. The same relative told me one other relative who we heard had been hit on the head in a pit ,she reckoned the symptoms were due to a the mother being in labour too long, agitation etc. On his death cert usual heart problems i've come to expect but also schizophrenia. Looking at the generations it looks to me as if there was one person with known mental health problems in 3 generations. Also my brother married with someone with the same surname as himself but no obvious relation but similar occupations and not too far out in living areas. I think they'll all come together somewhere, there's also another branch in the areas my dad's generation grew up in and i wonder whether they'll link up. Common first names though!!!
