On 2015-11-09 17:33:31 +0000, Brian Pears said: > 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 I have a couple of G Aunts and G Uncles who 'emigrated' from the North East down to London and the South East. Deceased Online has been great for sorting out death dates for twiglets (for whom I just can't afford to buy certs). I used the free search for a long time and that was really useful, but the sub has been good value , giving details of address, relations etc. Coverage is increasing to other areas of the country so I am pleased about that. -- Tickettyboo

On 09/11/2015 17:36, Tickettyboo via wrote: > > She was a widow, death registered St Pancras and the name of the person > > requesting cremation was Dudley G CROWDY (NSR) Not too sure what the > > NSR means but other entries have things like wife, niece, son so > > perhaps 'no stated relationship' ? - but that's just me guessing. Thanks for the additional info. The Deceased Online site looks very useful indeed. Certainly worth investigating. -- Brian Pears (Gateshead)