I looked for this death in the Parish Register today and can confirm the age at death was 29yrs; the burial was by coroners warrant. It was the transcription that was wrong. All I can say is I am glad the transcription wasn't one of mine. Margaret Hall Wallsend www.margaret-hall-genealogy.com -----Original Message----- From: r.smith45 [mailto:r.smith45@ntlworld.com] Sent: 08 March 2011 20:13 To: Margaret Hall; dur-nbl@rootsweb.com; Ann Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] DUR-NBL Digest, Vol 6, Issue 30 Hi Margaret, This is strange. I looked at the Bishop's Transcript images on familysearch site for St. Hilda's and it clearly says that John was aged 29, same burial date. A big difference in the age!!! Regards, Gillian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Hall" <mgt.hall.17@gmail.com> To: <dur-nbl@rootsweb.com>; "Ann" <annathamble@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [DUR-NBL] DUR-NBL Digest, Vol 6, Issue 30 > Here is the burial for the John WADE in the email below - hope it helps > > St Hilda's Churchyard South Shields > 18th April 1849 > WADE John > Aged 54 > By coroners warrant > > Margaret Hall > Wallsend > www.margaret-hall-genealogy.com > > >