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Linda

Linda Report 9 Jul 2013 12:17

No there was no crossing out Kath, thank you JoyBoroAngel that might be the answer when I spoke to my mum she thought she was 86 when she died because we worked it from old she was when she had my mum

Researching:
Wells Ealing and E/W Ilsley Webbs H/Wycombe Lambourns E/Ilsley Deacons E/Ilsley Cannings Derry

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 Jul 2013 12:04

I suspect it just means that she died of old age.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 9 Jul 2013 11:49

Were there any crossings out on the certificate in the cause of death column?

Any mistakes made on a certificate are usually given a number and then initialled by the registrar.

Kath. x

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 9 Jul 2013 11:34

she would be classed as in her 88th year of life
even though she was only 87
when my mum died she was 48
but on her coffin it said 49

when i asked they said it was because she was in her 49th year of life

Researching:
The birth of Middlesbrough

Linda

Linda Report 9 Jul 2013 11:28

Could someone answer a question for me please. I have just received my Irish grandmothers death certificate, she died when she was 87 but in the column where it tells you the reasons of death its got aged 88 in brackets.

Researching:
Wells Ealing and E/W Ilsley Webbs H/Wycombe Lambourns E/Ilsley Deacons E/Ilsley Cannings Derry