Hi David In the 1841 census Thirza Palmer who died in 1843 is living in Red Lion Street, in the same household as Thomas Knight 25, with Ann Palmer 55, Thomas Palmer 20 and Harriet Palmer 20. So the death certificate sounds like the right one. I will send you more detail off list. Val -----Original Message----- From: london-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:london-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Roberts Sent: Saturday, 2 April 2011 8:59 PM To: London List Subject: [LON] Death Certificate of Thirza Palmer Thirza Palmer was born in Langley Burrell, Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1816, and died at 43 Percival Street in 1843, in the Sub District of St James, Clerkenwell. Her brother came to London in the early 1840s and lived on Drury Lane. Another sister, Harriet, lived at 34 Hall Street (Goswell Road). I now have the death certificate for Thirza who died of scrofula. I was hoping that a member of the family might have been present at the death, and would therefore be mentioned on the DC. However the person present was Thomas Knight. I sent for the certificate on the grounds that: - *Thirza is a fairly unusual first name* - *The age is right (27)* - *The address is not too far away from her brother at Drury Lane and her sister at Hall Street.* Does anyone have any ideas how I might tie this down to be certain the she is the family member I seek? Is it likely that she would be in one of the London Directories? I wonder whether she might have been a dressmaker like her sister? Any help would be appreciated. David Roberts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! Any problems, please contact the List Admin: LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message