It looks like the correction was in the father's name.. cheers robert On 2014-01-22 9:27 PM, Allan & Trudy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > From memory I believe it is a possible "correction" done in 1905 to the 1884 > one by someone for some reason or another..... > Trudy > Vic, AUST > > -----Original Message----- > From: genanz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:genanz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of MartinE > Sent: Wednesday, 22 January 2014 8:34 PM > To: genanz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Same death appears in indexes for both 1884 and 1905 - William > Benedict FORD, Pt Nepean > > Hi. > > A slightly strange one here. The death of one William Benedict Ford of Pt > Nepean appears both in the Vic Pioneers (1884) and Edwardian indexes (1905). > The details are the same. The reg no in the former matches the reg no and > year in the latter. > > Vic Pioneers Index: > > Surname: FORD > Given names: WM BENEDICT > Father: SANDLE JAS > Mother: SULLIVAN HANNAH > Age: 38 > Year: 1884 > Reg No: 10312X1905 > > Edwardian Index: > > Surname: FORD > Given names: Wm Benedict > Event: D > Father: Ford Jas Sandle > Mother: Hannah SULLIVAN > Age: 38 > Death place: Pt Nepean > Year: 1905 > Reg No: 10312 > > He was born in Pt Nepean in 1846, so the death in 1884 looks to be correct > (age 38). But why does he also appear in 1905? Was it that the death wasn't > registered until then? Twenty-one years seems a long delay. Or perhaps just > some sort of mix-up in compiling the indexes. Any idea? > > regards, > > Martin Elliget > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENANZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENANZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >