I'm helping a friend with her tree. She's done quite a bit of research herself and has lots of odds and ends of info, and I'm just trying to pull it together so that I can print it out for her.
One of the things she has is an undated newspaper cutting for a relative: Stephen Jay. From the indexes we knew that he died in 1935 Chesterfield Registration District and from another website it says his death was registered on 29 Aug 1935. The article says ...
" At the age of 64 years, the death occurred on Thursday week of Mr Jay, 86 Victoria Street, New Brimington. Mr Jay had been in ill health for the past 26 weeks and took to his bed just a week prior to his death. The funeral took place on Monday ...."
And I wondered if I could work out the date of his death and the funeral from that.
According to a 1935 calendar, 29 Aug was a Thursday, so does that mean that the death was registered on the day he died?
I've tried, without success, to find the newspaper article on both FMP and the British Newspaper Archive.
All help appreciated.
Thanks
STG (not a natural at maths!)
One of the things she has is an undated newspaper cutting for a relative: Stephen Jay. From the indexes we knew that he died in 1935 Chesterfield Registration District and from another website it says his death was registered on 29 Aug 1935. The article says ...
" At the age of 64 years, the death occurred on Thursday week of Mr Jay, 86 Victoria Street, New Brimington. Mr Jay had been in ill health for the past 26 weeks and took to his bed just a week prior to his death. The funeral took place on Monday ...."
And I wondered if I could work out the date of his death and the funeral from that.
According to a 1935 calendar, 29 Aug was a Thursday, so does that mean that the death was registered on the day he died?
I've tried, without success, to find the newspaper article on both FMP and the British Newspaper Archive.
All help appreciated.
Thanks
STG (not a natural at maths!)
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