Unnamed 1926 Death

[TwiggyTree]

I came across an interesting anomaly today and wondered how it could be.

In 1926 there is a death on BDMH where a 40 year old is totally unnamed.

1926/06460, NR, NR, 40YA

I don't know if this is something we can even 'solve' or want to, but it seems a shame that there is a John or Joanne Doe out there, don't you reckon?

[Thamesite2017]

would they record approx age in the case of a person that was found dead but never formally identified??
that may be the reason
Did you narrow down which district the death was registered in?
Bye
Althea

[TwiggyTree]

althea,

At this point it is just an online registration number-I hadn't got to the library to look for any folio number.  Where would it be recorded?  Right at the beginning of the fiche, under N, or...?

The actual date of registration is 22/4/1926.  I guess Paper's Past may be the next step.

Twiggy

[andycand]

Hi

This wouldn't be unusual, in England & Wales in 1926 there were several hundred Unknown Male or Unknown Female deaths. Whilst most were babies (age 0) there were about 80 adults. New Zealand would have less but would no doubt have had several each year.

Andy

[johnbarr]

You might have started an interesting search item/anomaly Twiggy. 

A search of BDM Deaths for Family Name "NR", Given Name "NR", 01/01/1926 to 31/12/1926 produces 47 results.

12 are NR NR, but the other 35 show a Family Name and Given Name.

Now can anyone give an explanation for that 

John B

[TwiggyTree]

andycand

Yes, I am beginning to see that in 1925 as well.

It just makes me think that some of our 'brick walls' may well be linked to unnamed deaths.  

I can comprehend that perhaps babies were not given a first name, but most would have a surname I would think.

It is the adult NR, NR that fascinate me.

/Thinking out loud/
I wonder how many police case files these would match up with?
/Thinking out loud/

Knowing also how little effort (none) there was by the government agency concerned to find next-of-kin for one of my forebears, I wonder what it would take to actually name people.

Twiggy

[TwiggyTree]

johnbarr

I wonder if you have turned up another 'search' possibility similar to interpolating for the date?

One would have to somehow work out what 'field' on the death registration corresponds to NR.

[At first I had thought that perhaps BDMH had snuck wildcard searching in without us noticing (bringing up Henry's and others, but alas that doesn't pan out.]

Twiggy

[johnbarr]

Hi Twiggy,

Yes, it's quite intriguing to think of the possibilities, but I suspect there will be a simple explanation. 

Seems quite contrary to the usual results from BDM, though, as most of the results have neither NR for First or surname, and yet they appear??

I'll drop a line to BDM and ask for explanation - then post their answer here.

John B

[johnbarr]

Here is the reply from BDM..........

It appears this is an error in our database. What has happened is that when some records were data captured, 'NR NR' was entered incorrectly as their name at birth.

They have thanked us for bringing it to their attention, and will be looking into fixing the error.
Nice to get an explanation. 

John B