> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:21:39 +0100 > From: Reg Oakley <[email protected]> > Subject: [BKM] Oakley, Roadnight marriage in Cuddington.Mid 1800s. To: > [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > One of my ancestors is an Isaac Oakley b 1824, m Sophia Roadnight > 1845, d 7th May 1848. It was a marriage of only three years and > produced one child, another Isaac who is my Gt Grandfather. What has > intrigued me is that I have recently got his death certificate, and it > states his cause of death as "decline 3 years" It is all a bit vague, > but coincidentally 3 years was also the duration of the marriage I would think it likely that the poor chap had some form of TB - there was a lot of it about in the area - and was none too well when he married, and simply got steadily worse. This is a frequent cause of death of young persons in their late teens and twenties - and it is pretty lucky if the rest of the family do not get it as well.. There would not be an inquest for a 'decline' - he would have been observed fading away month by month, with no suspcious circumstances attached. >