On 09/11/2015 18:32, Graeme Wall wrote: > On 09/11/2015 17:33, Brian Pears wrote: >> 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. > > <cough> DOD. > I thought the same - and then wondered whether DOB was referring to date of burial - rather than the more usual date of birth. -- Cheers, Roger ____________ Please reply to Newsgroup. Whilst email address is valid, it is seldom checked.