If there were exceptional circumstances - accidental death etc. and a coroner's report was necessary (in Scotland it would be the Procurator Fiscal) there would be an entry on the side of the certificate RCE (Record of ........ entry - can't quite remember the correct terminology. In that case there is another record in another book giving full details of the circumstances - I have had this with two relatives and got the information from the Scottish Records Office when I questioned what RCE meant. Hope this might be of help Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Normington" <christine.normington@ntlworld.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: [Renfrew] How did she die? > I have just received the death certificate of my 2x great-grandmother > Isabella SWAN, PAUL which tells me that she died from > > "Shock from extensive burns to trunk and extremities in her own house, > Newton St, Paisley. 15 hours. Signed Peter Morrison, who saw her two hours > before death." > > I don't wish to appear stupid, but can anyone suggest how she may have died > please? Only I would have assumed in a house fire or if her clothes had > caught fire, the burns to her body would have been more extensive. > > Also would there have been an inquest, and if so would the records survive > and where would they be kept? Would something like this have been likely to > have reached the newspapers? > > Thank you. > > Every Blessing, > Christine > > ______________________________
Many thank Jean. There is definitely something written in the margin and a capital "R" is one of the letters. We are hoping to go to Scotland before the end of the year, so this is one of those things I can't wait to find out! Every Blessing, Christine -----Original Message----- From: Jean Reynolds [mailto:Jean.Reynolds1@btinternet.com] Sent: 07 July 2003 15:10 To: SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Renfrew] How did she die? If there were exceptional circumstances - accidental death etc. and a coroner's report was necessary (in Scotland it would be the Procurator Fiscal) there would be an entry on the side of the certificate RCE (Record of ........ entry - can't quite remember the correct terminology. In that case there is another record in another book giving full details of the circumstances - I have had this with two relatives and got the information from the Scottish Records Office when I questioned what RCE meant. Hope this might be of help Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Normington" <christine.normington@ntlworld.com> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: [Renfrew] How did she die? > I have just received the death certificate of my 2x great-grandmother > Isabella SWAN, PAUL which tells me that she died from > > "Shock from extensive burns to trunk and extremities in her own house, > Newton St, Paisley. 15 hours. Signed Peter Morrison, who saw her two hours > before death." > > I don't wish to appear stupid, but can anyone suggest how she may have died > please? Only I would have assumed in a house fire or if her clothes had > caught fire, the burns to her body would have been more extensive. > > Also would there have been an inquest, and if so would the records survive > and where would they be kept? Would something like this have been likely to > have reached the newspapers? > > Thank you. > > Every Blessing, > Christine > > ______________________________ ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== ********************************************************************** The Renfrewshire GenWeb page is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~sctrfw/