Death look up

[cuffie81]

William Burnett, according to Railway records he was born 25 March 1889

ah that can't be right if he married in the 1870's

I think it's just a typo, Milliepede. The older threads have the birthdate as 25 Mar 1849.

[minimaiden2710]

Hi. Thank you all for your replies. I need to really digest them.
On the railway record I have his DOB is 25 March….the record is dated 1879 and he is 29 years old. NBR 5 years and NER 2 years. This is in Normanton, Wakefield.
I have been looking for his parents marriage but tbh have no idea where they came from.
I have read on one of the thousands of papers I have that he was born in Keppochill, Lanarkshire but this has drawn a blank.
I even took a trip to the Liverpool records office a few years ago but couldn’t find anything (a census states he was from Liverpool).

When his sons both died in WW1 in 1916, James Burnetts records (04 June) say son of Annie MA Burnett. Gladstone records (11 June) say son of William and Annie Burnett - strange!

I had not come across the 1921 census but this sounds correct - thank you.

The last mention of him is on his son’s (William again) death certificate as informant.

Again thank you all. I am going to check out everything you’ve found.

[minimaiden2710]

Sorry Cuffie, I just spotted the part about the childrens marriage certificates.
I have:
Violet Emma to Isaac Robson - Carlisle - Aug 6th 1905 (William deceased)
Rose to Arthur Grubb - Carlisle - Oct 9th 1912 (William is deceased).

[cuffie81]

Another old thread, in which JAP detailed a timeline of the family including various bits of info, although it omits info found in later threads (eg William's first marriage). William's occupation given as "Insurance Agent" on birth (1900) and death (1903) certificates of daughter Lily.

Re: Help I need an Expert - Please
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=368692.msg2437453#msg2437453

minimaiden2710, what was William's occupation recorded as on Violet's marriage record in 1905?

Also, do you have Annie's death certificate? If so, did it name her as the widow of William and give his occupation?

[minimaiden2710]

Yes, I’m afraid that there have been many posts in the past. I got to the stage where he was driving me insane, hence I stopped.

So…… on Violet’s marriage certificate is says he was a labourer (1905).

On Rose’s he was a Railway Guard (1912)

On is first marriage it says he was a Railway Guard (1870)

On the 1871 census he was a Railway Guard.

His first wife’s death certificate he was a iron forger.

At his son Williams birth he was a Railway Goods Guard (1880)

1881 Census - Railway Goods Guard.

Lilys birth - insurance agent (1890)

On Annie’s death certificate she is listed as Widow of William Burnett - General Labourer (deceased).

I have been working on this all day and am no further forward.

I really do appreciate the work and time you have put into this to try and help me. Thank you 😊