Death certificate "present at death"

[larkspur]

I may be being dense here...Could someone please tell me. When present at death- was this factual, the person who registered the death was there by the dead persons side ?Thank you.

[lydiaann]

I was given to understand it was that the person was actually in the house when death occurred...might have been at the bedside, might not.  But I may have been given the wrong impression.

[Kiltpin]

Well, it is supposed to be factual ... 

Regards 

Chas

[larkspur]

My grandad died in his home, death registered by grandma, stating she was present. She was in the garden because he had sent her there. She returned to him after a few hours and found he had died. So not actually by his side...

[carol8353]

My grandad died in his home, death registered by grandma, stating she was present. She was in the garden because he had sent her there. She returned to him after a few hours and found he had died. So not actually by his side...

But very near by and the last person to see him alive.

When my dad died ,he was in the bedroom ,the paramedics had ordered mum and I to go downstairs,but my mum was still registered as "present at the death" .

[pharmaT]

My grandad died in his home, death registered by grandma, stating she was present. She was in the garden because he had sent her there. She returned to him after a few hours and found he had died. So not actually by his side...

But very near by and the last person to see him alive.

When my dad died ,he was in the bedroom ,the paramedics had ordered mum and I to go downstairs,but my mum was still registered as "present at the death" .

And the first person to know he had died, as opposed to getting a call from the hospital or similar.

[medpat]

I think that my 4th gt grandfather was at his father's bedside as he died in 1838, he registered as present at death - death down as 9am 6th January 1838

[AntonyMMM]

In the house at the time of death would do .... don't have to be literally at the bedside.

[GR2]

On a Scottish death certificate, the column is headed:

Signature and Qualification of Informant
and Residence, if out of the House in
which the Death occurred.

"Qualification" is normally "son", "husband", "neighbour" etc. If the informant was in the house, "Present" is written. If the informant lives in the house, but was absent, at work etc. at the time of death, "Not present" is written.