Good Morning, I've just received a death certificate for my Great Grand-Uncle, Francis Cunningham Brown, who died in February 1926 in Morgan Street in Southwick. The informant is shown as Mary Brown, Daughter, present at death. I had no previous knowledge of this relative so I'm hoping someone might be able to answer a couple of questions for me. Firstly, was there a minimum age requirement for a witness/informant on a death certificate. Secondly, is there a possibility that Mary could have been a daughter in law or were the authorities any stricter and more exact in the recording of these details in the 1920's. Douglas Brown Queanbeyan, Australia
Hi Douglas. I have a death certificate dated 1860 which has the grandson aged 13 as the informant. Cheers. Wilf Brown. PS: Did your Southwick BROWN'S by any chance originally come from Norfolk. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Brown" <doubro@tpg.com.au> To: "Durham-Northumberland Mailing List" <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:53 PM Subject: [DUR-NBL] Informant on Death Certificate > Good Morning, > > > > I've just received a death certificate for my Great Grand-Uncle, Francis > Cunningham Brown, who died in February 1926 in Morgan Street in Southwick. > The informant is shown as Mary Brown, Daughter, present at death. I had > no > previous knowledge of this relative so I'm hoping someone might be able to > answer a couple of questions for me. > > Firstly, was there a minimum age requirement for a witness/informant on a > death certificate. Secondly, is there a possibility that Mary could have > been a daughter in law or were the authorities any stricter and more exact > in the recording of these details in the 1920's. > > > > Douglas Brown > > Queanbeyan, Australia > > > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > To Post a message to this list send it to, > DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com > > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== > List Web Page > http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message