On 2015-11-09 15:51:44 +0000, Brian Pears said: > There has been some speculation as to whether there could be some > annotation indicating death on the part of the right hand page of > the 1939 Register which we cannot see. Sometimes enumerators make > errors and put things in the wrong columns, and I'm wondering if > that's what's happened in a case I've come across. > > The entry in question is that of a Mabel CROWDY of 2 Grove Road, > Willesden DOB 29 July 1900, an Invoice Filing Clerk Ref > RG101/0981C/005/15. In the first column on the right hand page > there is a red asterisk followed by the annotation "D250-3 14665" > in green ink. > > Checking in FreeBMD I find that a Mabel CROWDY age 64 had her death > registered in the second quarter (Apr/May/Jun) 1965. Ref Q2 1965 St > Pancras 5d 886. > > This led me to speculate that the "14665" part of the annotation > could, in fact, be her DOB 14/6/65 ? Yes, I'm aware that such a > contraction could lead to ambiguities (eg 21248) but that aside, it > is certainly possible that deaths that were known to whoever kept > these registers were normally marked in some such way in another > column on the right hand page. > > Of course, if I was really keen, I could obtain Mabel's death > certificate to see if she did in fact die on the 14th June. However > I'm not willing to part with a tenner just to satisfy my curiosity. Always more than one way to skin a cat :-) Deceased Online, free search. Mabel CROWDY 1965 gives West London Crematorium (Kensington) cremated on 18th June 1965 date of death 14th June 1965 Was she one of your family? or just someone on the same page as one of yours where you spotted the date? -- Tickettyboo
On Monday, 9 November 2015 17:28:14 UTC, Tickettyboo wrote: > On 2015-11-09 15:51:44 +0000, Brian Pears said: > > > There has been some speculation as to whether there could be some > > annotation indicating death on the part of the right hand page of > > the 1939 Register which we cannot see. Sometimes enumerators make > > errors and put things in the wrong columns, and I'm wondering if > > that's what's happened in a case I've come across. > > > > The entry in question is that of a Mabel CROWDY of 2 Grove Road, > > Willesden DOB 29 July 1900, an Invoice Filing Clerk Ref > > RG101/0981C/005/15. In the first column on the right hand page > > there is a red asterisk followed by the annotation "D250-3 14665" > > in green ink. > > > > Checking in FreeBMD I find that a Mabel CROWDY age 64 had her death > > registered in the second quarter (Apr/May/Jun) 1965. Ref Q2 1965 St > > Pancras 5d 886. > > > > This led me to speculate that the "14665" part of the annotation > > could, in fact, be her DOB 14/6/65 ? Yes, I'm aware that such a > > contraction could lead to ambiguities (eg 21248) but that aside, it > > is certainly possible that deaths that were known to whoever kept > > these registers were normally marked in some such way in another > > column on the right hand page. > > > > Of course, if I was really keen, I could obtain Mabel's death > > certificate to see if she did in fact die on the 14th June. However > > I'm not willing to part with a tenner just to satisfy my curiosity. > > > Always more than one way to skin a cat :-) > Deceased Online, free search. Mabel CROWDY 1965 > gives > West London Crematorium (Kensington) > cremated on 18th June 1965 > date of death 14th June 1965 > > Was she one of your family? or just someone on the same page as one of > yours where you spotted the date? > > -- > Tickettyboo Excellent! So the annotation was indeed the DOB. Mabel was the landlady of my wife's uncle Bill. Brian