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strangeMy grandmother, on the beach, South Bay, Scarborough, undated photo (poss. 1929 or 1930)
Researching Cadd, Schofield, Cottrell in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire; Taylor, Park in Westmorland; Hayhurst in Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lancashire; Hughes, Roberts in Wales.
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The source for this death isn't the GRO index as that is only available online up to 2006 so
I would guess whoever compiled the index- Greypower deceased data by Wilmington Millennium West Yorkshire according to Ancestry- has taken info from sources such as newspaper announcements?Judith passed away in October 2018
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My mother's death is on that particular data source and before here name is "MS". As I registered the death myself, I can categorically state that "MS" was not part of the information I gave to the Registrar.
So, I think the "Mr" on the record that Val is querying is an artefact of the database, not necessarily part of the death record itself.
STGAlways looking for Goodwins in Berkshire.
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As it happens I read this yesterday when I was Googling for something else....
Professional Family History prides itself on working with original source material to provide research at the highest standard. Often this involves spending hours trawling through old documents at …
Scroll down to the post for 27 January but it says
"UPDATE: Following contact by genealogist John Wintrip with Wilmington Millennium, the following response was received:
“I can confirm that the data within the GreyPower Deceased database is compiled from funeral directors’ records and obituary notices.
This database does not provide a full coverage, and I can confirm that the Scotland and Northern Ireland Index is estimated to include some 45% of deaths and the England and Wales Index is estimated to represent 55% of deaths.”
ChrisAvatar....My darling mum, Irene June Robinson nee Pearson 1931-2019.
'Take nothing on its looks, take everything on evidence. There is no better rule' Charles Dickens, Great Expectations.
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Originally posted by Vonny North West View PostThe registrar has to record what the informant tells them, so if the informant said " His name is Mr Richard Carr" that is what they would record.
VonnyRetired professional researcher, and ex- deputy registrar, now based in Worcestershire. Happy to give any help or advice I can ( especially on matters of civil registration) - contact via PM or my website www.chalfontresearch.co.uk
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Mr/Mrs/Ms is not part of your name, it is your courtesy title and as Antony says, would not be recorded on your cert.
However....I have many Lancashire relatives who thought it was hilariously funny to name thir children Squire, Captain, Major, Doctor and even Master, so there must have been some interesting conversations in the Registrar's Office!
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someone on GR was asking the other day for information on an ancestor whose name on his birth marriage and death certificates is
Sir Joseph xxxxxxxx
he was born in Yorkshire .................. and it turns out that "Sir" was a somewhat common first name in parts of that county
Squire was very common in the part of Lancashire that I'm from, I was in elementary school with a lad called Squire.
.................. one of the most well-known sportscasters on TV here in Vancouver is called Squire xxxxxx
He's supposedly Canadian, and around 45 .............. but there must be English in his background!My grandmother, on the beach, South Bay, Scarborough, undated photo (poss. 1929 or 1930)
Researching Cadd, Schofield, Cottrell in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire; Taylor, Park in Westmorland; Hayhurst in Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lancashire; Hughes, Roberts in Wales.
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I had never heard that reason!
It always seemed to be an honoured first name in OldhamMy grandmother, on the beach, South Bay, Scarborough, undated photo (poss. 1929 or 1930)
Researching Cadd, Schofield, Cottrell in Lancashire, Buckinghamshire; Taylor, Park in Westmorland; Hayhurst in Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lancashire; Hughes, Roberts in Wales.
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Somebody in my BiL's tree actually had the Christian name "Mister", which is nearly always transcribed wrong by bemused transcribers (they mostly leave his Christian name blank, assuming that Mister's just a title).Last edited by Mary from Italy; 29-03-15, 21:58.
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