------=_Part_10651_7709798.1136709708446 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Janet, It is my understanding that there is no rule which requires that the word "Deceased" appears at all. So the absence or appearance does not prove that the person is alive or dead. My parent's marriage cert (1940) shows his father as deceased when he knew full well that his father was very much alive; but estranged from his family! >From this, I believe that even the most "official" of information should be confirmed in some way. Fred Jones in cloudy Johannesburg Powered by MWEB - http://new.mweb.co.za ------------- Original Message -------------- From: Janet [wightway@tiscali.co.uk] To: ENG-MERSEYSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Cc: ? Date: Sat,07/01/2006 01:03:49 Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEY] Marriage Records I was so excited I forgot to confirm that he was stated to be 54 when he died, and described as "Surgeon". Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <wightway@tiscali.co.uk> Subject: Re: [ENG-MERSEY] Marriage Records > Oh boy! That would be great. I am hoping a death record might reveal the identity of the parent. The name is David KIRKPATRICK, born 1783 according to the record of his death in Cheshire Parish records. I dont know where he was born, which is one of my purposes. His wife was Mary Sillers/Sellers and her Mother was a Johnson. > > Regards > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "michael acton" <michaelacton587@msn.com> > > >> Hi If its any help I have access to 1837.com and can do a look up for a >> death if you can give the details you have. >> >> >> Mike ==== ENG-MERSEYSIDE Mailing List ==== Lancashire Online Parish Clerks www.lan-opc.org.uk Volunteers needed for Liverpool Online Parish clerks www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/index.html ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx ------=_Part_10651_7709798.1136709708446--
Thanks for your comment Fred. It is thought provoking. I wonder if I were to marry today I would insert, below my Mother's name, in parenthesis "Deceased". I agree with you about confirming information. I found the name of the person's father from Parish records. I had not found him in IGI or census because the marriage took place in 1858. I was very glad to find it at all. Then I was fortunate to find a death record for one of the same name which named his wife and his age at the date of death. What I am relying on is the death record, to give me the birth year, give or take nearly a year; he could have had a birthday in any part of the year that he died. That death record proved to me that he couldn't have been alive when his daughter was married. Where we try and find records that are as near to accurate as possible, without that death record, I realised I could be looking for a needle in a haystack, finding someone of the same name not the right parent at all. So it caused me to ask. Janet Traced: Dun/Dunn, Angus Sherret, Kincardineshire Chester, Glasgow Rowat, Campbell, Argyll http://www.globechatters.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Jones" <donsby@worldonline.co.za> > ------=_Part_10651_7709798.1136709708446 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Dear Janet, > It is my understanding that there is no rule which requires that the word "Deceased" appears at all. So the absence or appearance does not prove that the person is alive or dead. My parent's marriage cert (1940) shows his father as deceased when he knew full well that his father was very much alive; but estranged from his family! >>From this, I believe that even the most "official" of information should be confirmed in some way. > > Fred Jones in cloudy Johannesburg > > Powered by MWEB - http://new.mweb.co.za