Hello Ann It isn't unusual for a son or other family member to be the informant at a death rather than the spouse, as the spouse is usually too upset to go to the office and if she was the wife rather than the widow, then he should be somewhere I have looked on the 1891 in both England and Scotland, but haven't found him There is a Mark Cagins born Millom, CUL in the 1901 with daughter Emma Ann Petterson and Joseph and family RG 13 piece 2537 folio 69 page 25 Heather [email protected] wrote: > Dear Heather - > Martha Casson's death certificate says she was the 'wife of Mark > Casson, farm labourer', but in attendance was their son, James > Casson. Where was Mark? > > Ann Lavery