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. > > Mabel was the landlady of my wife's uncle Bill. > > Brian > -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail.