Hi Tony I don't really see inconsistencies there. Betty, Betsey, Elizabeth and Eliza were definitely all interchangeable at that stage...and even today. My mother was Ena Elizabeth but her death certificate said Betty and we are only talking 2005! As for "Dealer" - I would think a Commercial Traveller could still be considered a dealer...he was after all dealing. I imagine Commercial Traveller was a fairly new job title. When Elizabeth/Betty's husband died in Lambeth she would naturally move into the home of a member of her family. Good luck. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Harrison" <a.harrison@tesco.net> To: <bristol_and_district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:33 PM Subject: [B&D] Advice wanted- Deaths BIRT's > On 17th January I posted a request regarding the deaths of Joseph and > Betty Birt who in 1830 were living in Castle Street Bristol. > > Pat Cook found two deaths in Lambeth. I considered those as possibles as > their daughter had moved to Lambeth with their two grandchildren. > I ordered the certificates and received them this morning (good service) > Joseph b 1771 d 1840 aged 68 was the right age and living 11 Short Street > Lambeth described as a Dealer in Glass paper. ( Had been a Dealer in > Porter and Bottled Liquor Merchant when in Bristol) > > In 1841 census living in Short Street was a Elizabeth Birt ( did the > enumerator decide Betty was an Elizabeth)aged 50 and an Elizabeth Tucker > of the right age to be her granddaughter but both born in County. > > Betty Birt b 1778 d 1850 certificate showed her to be 71 the right age for > my Betty living 11 Short Street but described as the Widow of John Birt a > Commercial Traveller the informant was not a family member (Her daughter > had died} > > Given the inconsistencies would you consider that I have found my Joseph > and Betty. > Tony > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >