I am collecting BMD certificates for all my direct ancestors, and I haven't got many to buy now.
I thought I would buy the death certificate for my great-great-great-great grandmother who died in 1848 at the ripe old age of 82.
I knew the details of her death as the gravestone had been transcribed:
In memory of GEORGE son
of GEORGE STILLINGS of Skircoat
who died
September 1799, in the
1st year of his age.
Also JAMES his brother
who departed this life
October 25th
1809 in the 10th year of his age.
Also SAMUEL STILLINGS died May 6th
1818
aged 12 years.
Also GEORGE STILLINGS, father
of the above children, who de-
parted this
life Decr 16th 1842
in the 77th year of his age.
Also of SARAH, wife of the above
GEORGE
STILLINGS, and mother of the
above named children who died
on the 25th day of July 1848
aged
82 years.
The certificate arrived, and most of it was correct:
25th July 1848 Bolton Brow Skircoat
Sarah Stillings
Female
60 years
Widow of George Stillings A Corn Miller
Old Age No Medical Attendant
Informant: George Stillings Present at death Bolton Brow Skircoat
(The informant was her son)
So they got her age completely wrong!
I also ordered the death certificate for George Stillings, her husband.
He indeed died on 16th December 1842, Corn Miller, of Old Age. His age was given as 75, slight discrepancy with the gravestone, which says in his 77th year.
It is just as well that I knew Sarah's age because otherwise I could be looking for a christening at the wrong time.
However, I don't know her maiden name as I can't find the marriage of George and Sarah yet!
I thought I would buy the death certificate for my great-great-great-great grandmother who died in 1848 at the ripe old age of 82.
I knew the details of her death as the gravestone had been transcribed:
In memory of GEORGE son
of GEORGE STILLINGS of Skircoat
who died
September 1799, in the
1st year of his age.
Also JAMES his brother
who departed this life
October 25th
1809 in the 10th year of his age.
Also SAMUEL STILLINGS died May 6th
1818
aged 12 years.
Also GEORGE STILLINGS, father
of the above children, who de-
parted this
life Decr 16th 1842
in the 77th year of his age.
Also of SARAH, wife of the above
GEORGE
STILLINGS, and mother of the
above named children who died
on the 25th day of July 1848
aged
82 years.
The certificate arrived, and most of it was correct:
25th July 1848 Bolton Brow Skircoat
Sarah Stillings
Female
60 years
Widow of George Stillings A Corn Miller
Old Age No Medical Attendant
Informant: George Stillings Present at death Bolton Brow Skircoat
(The informant was her son)
So they got her age completely wrong!
I also ordered the death certificate for George Stillings, her husband.
He indeed died on 16th December 1842, Corn Miller, of Old Age. His age was given as 75, slight discrepancy with the gravestone, which says in his 77th year.
It is just as well that I knew Sarah's age because otherwise I could be looking for a christening at the wrong time.
However, I don't know her maiden name as I can't find the marriage of George and Sarah yet!
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