1958 Death Certificate

[ChrisAllonby]

Anyone know precisely what items will be on a death cert. from 1958? I'm hoping it would include a woman's maiden name. Ordering the certificate in question will be a bit of a punt - can't be sure it relates to the person I'm researching - but the maiden name would confirm it, or not, as the case may be.
Thanks,
Chris.

[softly softly]

Information given on death certificates
In England and Wales, a death certificate holds the following information:

date and place of death – from the late nineteenth century an address may be given rather than the name of an institution (e.g. City Hospital will appear as 77 Dudley Road)
name of the deceased
sex, age and occupation of deceased and possibly their home address
the cause of death – if there was an inquest it may be possible to obtain a copy of the coroner’s report
the name and address of informant and possibly their relationship to the deceased
If the deceased was a child or a single woman, the name of the father is shown.

From 1969 a death certificate also includes the date and place of birth of the deceased, and the maiden name of a married woman.

SS

[casram]

I have just looked at my grandmother's death certificate, she died in 1967, and there is no maiden name.

Carolyn

[ChrisAllonby]

Thanks both for the information. Unfortunately it means there's probably little point in my obtaining a certificate. I'm fairly certain the 96 year old who died in 1958 is the person I've identified as being born in 1862 (no other FreeBMD records match), but without maiden name confirmation I couldn't be certain, unless possibly the informant details clarify it. Emm ... maybe it is worth risking the £11 (pdf not available for this one).

[softly softly]

Do have this person in 1939 war register

SS

[ChrisAllonby]

Yes, yes, yes! Thank-you for the suggestion. A previous search I carried out in FindMyPast, based on name and age, did come up with a record in Bristol, which is not far from the home town of the subject (Chepstow), but I didn't follow it up at the time. I've just been on there again and used the advanced search facility and entered the address in Bristol, and sure enough, there she is, living with her daughter and son-in-law, thereby confirming I've got the right person. However, I'm perhaps still struggling with the death cert. I'd like the death cert. to possibly confirm that the subject lived to the grand old age of 96 - and that I've got the right person.

The person in question is Elizabeth Kennedy (nee Stephens), born 1862 in Chepstow, and the death record I'm wondering about is Elizabeth Kennedy, died 1958 in Cardiff.

Thanks again for the 1939 suggestion. I'll get that document at least.

[Comberton]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1167572/OV_02.2_OV_Death_certificates_leaflet_Web.pdf

Wouldn't it say widow of.... under ocupation?
I have 1960 and 1962 certificates with this on.

[ChrisAllonby]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1167572/OV_02.2_OV_Death_certificates_leaflet_Web.pdf

Wouldn't it say widow of.... under ocupation?
I have 1960 and 1962 certificates with this on.

Good point. Yes, that would probably confirm it. She was a widow, but her husband's name was James - fairly common - but there can't be many instances of Elizabeth Kennedy married to James Kennedy and born in 1862. I've been looking again at the FreeBMD records and there isn't anything other than the 1958 record in Cardiff. I'll bite the bullet and order the cert.
Thanks,
Chris.

[carol8353]

It will of course depend if the person registering her death knew her husband's name and / or what job he did. If hubby died many years before she did,it is likely that no one actually knew him.