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    1. [WRY] York records
    2. Dear Listers, As it's quiet on the list, I hope you don't mind my asking about records just outside the West Riding. I've got out of my depth! I'm tracking the life of Irving CROWTHER, born in Halifax 5 Feb 1884. I have obtained the death certificate for an Irving CROWTHER for a death on first of June 1967, correct age of 83 years. There really are very few candidates of this name, so I'm reasonably confident this is my man. But frustratingly, he died as a result of being "struck by a motor cycle whilst walking on the highway" and was taken to Poppleton Gate Hospital, in York. There was an inquest: the certificate was received by the Registrar from the Coroner for the City of York, and makes no mention of family members at all. His address is given as 33 Boroughbridge Road York, but I have no addresses for him between then and 1914 when he lived in Newcastle on Tyne, so can't use that for continuity. If I can confirm any family members, I think I can accept this is my man and make further checks - I'd like to know, for example, whether his wife Ethel was still alive, and if there were any children. Can anyone please advise what newspapers would have carried the report from an inquest? or any funeral notice? I just don't know York at all, and have little to go on, so absolutely any suggestions are welcome! (I know, the first one will be "join the York list"!!) Many thanks! Maggie

    12/28/2009 03:47:38