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    Can anyone read this?

    This is the cause of death shown in a parish register of 1811. I can't make it out - can anyone else?

    The person writing the register seems to have used abbreviated words, such as "paralyt" and "convuls", but he's written "fever" and "dropsy" in full.
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    Could it be Decline?
    Wendy



    PLEASE SCAN AT 300-600 DPI FOR RESTORATION PURPOSES. THANK YOU!

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      Yes, I think you're right! Thank you. The poor bloke was only 55 - I wonder what made him decline...
      Looking for Bysh, Potter, Littleton, Parke, Franks, Sullivan, Gosden, Carroll, Hurst, Churcher, Covell, Elverson, Giles, Hawkins, Witherden...

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        In 1811, the medical diagnosis tools were not as extensive as they are today - not (we hope) as accurate.

        What would make someone "decline"? Some educated guesses: cancer, TB...

        Christine
        Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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