Discrepancy

[Andrew Tarr]

I have identified a burial in a Wiltshire village on 13 December 1849.  However that death is recorded by GRO in 1850 quarter-4.  I see very little scope for these being different events.  My assumption is that in a small village where entries were infrequent, the original recorder omitted to advance the year (that seems unlikely in December); or the transcriber did likewise.  What are your thoughts?  Surely they can't have waited a year to register?

[PaulineJ]

which copy of "the GRO" index did you use?

[rosie99]

Whose burial was it.

[Andrew Tarr]

which copy of "the GRO" index did you use?

The one on their website, of course ..    The death is for Ann Collins age 45, buried at Boyton on 13.12.1849 (allegedly) and registered in Warminster district, as are all that family.  There are no other deaths registered for that name with an age anywhere near 45.

[lizdb]

Have you seen the actual original parish register for the burial?

[rosie99]

Image on Ancestry has the death as 1850
1850 - Ann Collins-abode Ashton Gifford in Codford -December 13th-age 45

[BumbleB]

rosie99 - beat me to it!!!

[rosie99]

I have amended my error I had Ashford not Ashton     That will teach me 

[Andrew Tarr]

Image on Ancestry has the death as 1850
1850 - Ann Collins-abode Ashton Gifford in Codford -December 13th-age 45

Thanks both.  It seems that the error may be in the Wiltshire Burials Index which I reached via FindMyPast.  It seems improbable to me for a transcriber to key '49' instead of '50' - much less likely than '48' for '47'.  Or the FindMyPast compilers were responsible - but I can't see a way to report the error