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jansmith

jansmith Report 4 Mar 2012 22:23

this birth index may fit with that death age
Name: ROWELL, Edith Maud
Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne County: NorthumberlandYear of registration: 1896
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Q3
Volume no:[10B
Page no:151

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 4 Mar 2012 21:55

Is her surname on the headstone Crawford please? Just wondering if she lived with another man after she left her children and was known by a different surname?

Researching:

Kay????

Kay???? Report 4 Mar 2012 21:49


Has her name just been added to the headstone in memory? who passed away first?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Mar 2012 21:46

There is only one death in 1935 for an Edith M. Crawford and that was in Hemsworth, Yorkshire and was a 7 year old.

Perhaps she did die in Newcastle (most likely if she was buried there as it would have been very expensive to have her body taken from Kent to Newcastle in those days).

The record I found was from Findmypast. Perhaps they mis-transcribed the year and age. You could perhaps phone the GRO and ask if they could check both years for you.

EDIT - Just checked the image and the death is definitely in 1955.

If her children were put into care is it possible that she didn't die when you thought she did but that she just left home and went to live with her father?

Kath. x

Dawn

Dawn Report 4 Mar 2012 21:40

I had the reading off the gravestone from Ancestry, but she was my husbands maternal grandmother and we know that she died in the 1930's cos her children were put in care (where we do not know). It was assumed that she died in kent but how she came to be buried with her father in Newcastle we do not know! Her children were raised in kent after her death.
Thank you.
Dawn x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Mar 2012 21:32

Do you think you could have read the headstone wrongly?

There is this death in 1955 age 58 (3's and 5's can sometimes look similar if the inscription is worn):-

Name: CRAWFORD, Edith M
Registration district: Northumberland Central
County: Northumberland
Year of registration: 1955
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at death:58
Volume no: 1B
Page no: 300

Kath. x

Dawn

Dawn Report 4 Mar 2012 21:27

Hello, I have posted before and I thank you all for the advice given. I have a problem finding a death certificate of Edith Maud Crawford (nee Rowell) who died on January 2nd 1935 aged 38.She is buried with her father in St Andrews Cemetery, Newcastle and her dates are on the headstone, so I know that they should be right, but I cannot find the piece of paper to confirm. I hope someone can help me. Thank you for looking. Dawn

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