Derek I found a death record for a William Parker b c 1827 in Orsett. Oct-Dec 1899, age 72. Ref 4a p309. Chadwell St Mary deaths would be recorded at Orsett. Could this be the right one? Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Ward" <derekward@madasafish.com> To: <eng-worcester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:43 AM Subject: [WOR] PARKER death 1898 > Peter > > Thank you nfor taking the time to reply. Because my query is such a long > shot I did not bother to provide all the details I have for fear of boring > people. > > William and a wife Sarah (that is another mystery in itself !) are to be > found in 1891 census in Chadwell, Essex with a grandson. Previously he had > been in Canterbury (1871) and Dartford (1881). His daughter can be found > in > Sheerness Kent from her marriage in 1874 to her death in 1942. Neither > Willliam or Sarah have been found on 1901 census. The grandson is back > with > his father in Sheerness Kent. I have not been able to locate a death > certificate for Sarah. > > You will note that my original message said that in the Prayer Boob was a > note "... which might read " Died 16.3.98" > The operable word is might as it is not 100% clear. Hence I have several > Essex/Kent potential death certificates in the 1890s. > > Derek >> Message: 6 >> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:47:19 +1100 >> From: "Peter R Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> >> Subject: Re: [WOR] PARKER death 1898 >> To: <ENG-WORCESTER@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <000e01cbd73d$40e6b730$0400a8c0@family> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> Derek, >> >> It seems his age should be around 71. If correct ages are given in >> death >> records, the only two are in March Qtr 1898. Being so close to the end of >> the quarter it's possible it carried over into the June Qtr, but none of >> the >> ages for that quarter match. >> >> Unfortunately, while you've tracked him through three counties, you >> don't give his last known abode eg 1891 census or where his wife was >> living >> in 1901 (if she survived him) or where she died if she didn't. >> >> You also don't say which wrong certificates you have. >> >> Free BDM has about 40 possibilities. Surely crossing out the young, >> the >> old and the unlikely locations will narrow it down to a very short list. >> I >> can't see how you can even get to "several" wrong ones. >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:42:59 EST >> From: JCWEATHERBY@aol.com >> Subject: [WOR] Apprentice and Building records >> To: eng-worcester@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <100e47.571d4449.3a9d70e3@aol.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> Dear All -- in the 1871 census, my great grandfather, Alfred HEMMING, of >> Worcester, was listed as a "builder, employing 12 men and 2 apprentices." >> His father, John HEMMING, had also been a Worcester builder. Does anyone >> know (1) if Alfred would have been apprenticed to his father (or anyone >> else) >> before striking out on his own? (2) if apprenticeship records still >> survive, and if so, where/how do I access them from my home in the >> western >> USA; >> and (3) if there would be any record at all of what buildings either of >> them >> had built, including, if possible, photographs -- any and all >> suggestions >> welcome. Thanks in advance >> Candace Weatherby, nee Hemming >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the ENG-WORCESTER list administrator, send an email to >> ENG-WORCESTER-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the ENG-WORCESTER mailing list, send an email to >> ENG-WORCESTER@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >> body >> of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of ENG-WORCESTER Digest, Vol 6, Issue 25 >> ******************************************** >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3475 - Release Date: 03/01/11 07:34:00