How can you know from his death certificate that he was not married? There is no column to indicate marital status. MAR in France. > Message du 18/08/07 09:44 > De : "Gus Tysoe" > A : "keith hammond" , WARWICK@rootsweb.com > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [WAR] How to find a relation ? > > Hi Keith, > > Horse dealers were notoriously mobile... You *might* find him in the 1841 > and 1851 (he's not in the LDS 3-Counties Index) but the odds are that if you > *do* find him, he'll be likely a Lodger or Boarder somewhere. > > *IF* he left a Will - still a fairly rare occurrence [as a %age of all > deaths] in 1858 - it would be included in the National Probate Index. I > don't know if that's now available on-line, but whether or no, you would > need to look for him *twice* in each Index, as Wills and Administrations > were then indexed separately. > > I have a strong feeling, too, that if he didn't leave a Will - and was > unmarried - then it's unlikely that anyone would bother to pay for a > headstone for him :-( > > Gus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "keith hammond" > To: > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2007 7:37 AM > Subject: [WAR] How to find a relation ? > > > Hi, > i have an ancestor who died in coventry 7 december 1858 aged 58. His > name was THOMAS JERVIS BYWATER and he was a horse dealer. I have his death > certificate and he seems to be unmarried. He was bapt in Leicester 1803 and > born 31 december 1799. His parents were both from leicestershire Thomas > bywater and jane jarvis. I can find no record of this family after Thomas > baptism in 1803 until Thomas death 1858. Thomas was buried in Coventry > cemetery and i wonder if a headstone exists ? Also was he on the 1841 census > would a probate or will exist ? > Can any kind person please help or offer any advice as i live in > Malta.THANKS for your kindness and help. > > > Keith in Malta. > > ----------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >--- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > maraix