Your hunch was right Debs, I just looked at The Times and there is a death notice - she died at the Deaconess Hospital in Edinburgh. I have to go out just now but will send you the details. Judy On 18 Apr 2007, at 05:41, Deb Beban wrote: > Hello, > Apologies in advance for this long winded posting. I am desperately > seeking a death record for my aunt who I am lead to believe died in > 1960 in Skegness. My brother, her god son ,is very keen to have > this information to finish a chapter in a book he is writing. > > I have searched the English death records and so far have been > unable to locate a record so am now assuming she may have died in > Edinburgh, her place of birth or even Perth. > > Person's name is Margaret (aka, Rita) Elizabeth Husband WIDDOWSON > (nee SMITH) > She was born Edinburgh c 1907 to Charles Irvine SMITH and Catherine > Gellatly MURDOCH. She had an older sister Isabella Irvine SMITH bn > 1904 and a brother Charles SMITH who may have been younger. He was > the informant to our family of her death but now as time has passed > there is nobody able to tell me exactly where she died. > > She married Arnold Freeman WIDDOWSON, a New Zealand service man, > February 1942, Cairo, Egypt. He was killed at El Alamein October > 1942. My aunt was an army nursing sister. > > Records so far searched with no success are > UK Death indexes from 1956 to 1964 for Margaret Elizabeth Husband > WIDDOWSON > UK Death indexes 1956-1964 for Margaret Elizabeth Husband SMITH > UK Death indexes 1956-1964 for Rita Elizabeth Husband SMITH > UK Death indexes 1956-1964 for Rita Elizabeth Husband WIDDOWSON. > Have checked on Scotland's People but as the entries only go to > 1956 no luck there. > > I have also searched UK marriage indexes and so far not found a > 2nd marriage for her. > > I would be very grateful if somebody with access to death records > from 1956-1964 for either Edinburgh or Perth would be so kind as > to do a look up for me or give me some advise as where to try next. > Thank you very much > Deb Widdowson-Beban > Wellington > NZ > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 749 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-EDINBURGH- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message