I have now received 4 of the 5 death certificates I sent for last Saturday (expected despatch date yesterday).
I sent for the death certificate of my 4xgt grandfather Thomas Quintrell who died on 24th September 1841 in St Austell, aged 88.
I couldn't resist getting another certificate, because on the 1841 census Thomas (given as 89) was with Mary Quintrell, 92. They were both blind.
Mary's death certificate has just arrived, and she is indeed Thomas' sister. It states that Mary Quintrell died on 21st December 1844 aged 95, a spinster, from old age. The informant was her great-niece. Mary Quintrell was baptised on 11th April 1748 in St Gerrans Cornwall.
Not bad going for those days, and probably (one of) the oldest in my tree!
I sent for the death certificate of my 4xgt grandfather Thomas Quintrell who died on 24th September 1841 in St Austell, aged 88.
I couldn't resist getting another certificate, because on the 1841 census Thomas (given as 89) was with Mary Quintrell, 92. They were both blind.
Mary's death certificate has just arrived, and she is indeed Thomas' sister. It states that Mary Quintrell died on 21st December 1844 aged 95, a spinster, from old age. The informant was her great-niece. Mary Quintrell was baptised on 11th April 1748 in St Gerrans Cornwall.
Not bad going for those days, and probably (one of) the oldest in my tree!
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