I'm stuck in my search for any record of my great grandmother's death. She was definitely alive in April 1898 but by 1901 her husband was listing himself as widower in the Census. The story that has always circulated in the family is that she died in childbirth.
There is no record of her - as far as I can see - in the official register of deaths, so I have to look elsewhere. What I am not sure about is what would have been the normal procedure when a working class person died around this time in the London area? I am assuming a death in childbirth would have taken place at home. Where would the body have been taken? Where would the most likely place of burial been - the nearest church? a larger cemetery? What other records would be likely to exist? It is unlikely there would have been much money for the burial.
She lived most of her life in Wandsworth and Lambeth - last records have her in Battersea in 1898 giving birth to my Grandmother.
I'm trying to workout where to focus my search for some record of burial or other related event. I've tried the search function on Ancestry with no luck. Before I go to local archives I need to work out the best focus for my search.
Any suggestions will be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Ross.
(She was Isabella Amelia Ellis nee Gagg b. 1875 in Clapham)
There is no record of her - as far as I can see - in the official register of deaths, so I have to look elsewhere. What I am not sure about is what would have been the normal procedure when a working class person died around this time in the London area? I am assuming a death in childbirth would have taken place at home. Where would the body have been taken? Where would the most likely place of burial been - the nearest church? a larger cemetery? What other records would be likely to exist? It is unlikely there would have been much money for the burial.
She lived most of her life in Wandsworth and Lambeth - last records have her in Battersea in 1898 giving birth to my Grandmother.
I'm trying to workout where to focus my search for some record of burial or other related event. I've tried the search function on Ancestry with no luck. Before I go to local archives I need to work out the best focus for my search.
Any suggestions will be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Ross.
(She was Isabella Amelia Ellis nee Gagg b. 1875 in Clapham)
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