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No my nan is one of there children and her birth wasnt registered i shall write to the coroner and see what i find there thanks again

Did your nan get married? It usually has the father's name (and occupation) on marriage cert + whether or not they were deceased at the time of the marriage.

The correct term for a miscarriage is spontaneous abortion and this can be anytime up to the time of viability [able to sustain life outside of the mother]. Any birth after 24 weeks either a late miscarriage or more commonly now termed as a still birth as the child is termed as vialble [potentially could live]. If a person chooses an abortion it is termed either social [infers unwanted] or medical which could be due to abnormalities in the child or physical, mental and emotional damage to the mother if the pregnancy were to continue. In 1933 the viable age would have been much later than 24 weeks probably 33 weeks but i am not completely sure. Of course in 1933 any type of abortion social or medical was illegal.There were back street abortionist and it was common for women to die of complications either haemorhage or infection [septicemia is infection in the blood]. it sounds like this could indeed be the cause of death for this poor unfortunate woman. Margaret McKelvie midwife

They will always hold an inquest if someone under 70 dies at home without having consulted a doctor in the previous fortnight.

My nan did marry but i have no idea what it states on her cert i shall ask her. She told me they never knew what happened to their father as they were put into childrens homes before there mother died. So i would think her marriage cert will say father George Browning further details unknown

hiya i was wondering, do you know when george was born and where he was born, regards julie

yes george was born camberwell 1897. thanks

Hi Alexandra, I have not seen mention of newspaper reports yet on this thread. Often Coroner's records have been destroyed, but newspapers would frequently report in very great detail the full proceedings of the inquest. Sometimes different papers will give you different insights into the case. If you do not have any luck with the Coroner, I strongly advise trying the local newspapers. They certainly did not shy away from graphic details about unusual deaths, suicides, deaths involved in crimes or even some of the more mundane inquests. Jeff

If it was an illegal abourtion it is possible that aomeone may have been charged for carrying it out. So perhaps a search of newspapers is in order.

I agree with Jeffrey that you should try the local newspaper of the time (try the local library for this). My great grandfather died as the result of a railway accident and there was a report of the inquest in the local newspaper, with names, addresses, witnesses names etc. The inquest was held two days after his death (in 1913), so no long delays in those days like there is today. Kath. x

Alexander I had death cerificate with suicide. I couldn't get anywhere easily with getting coroners inquest records, so tried local newspaper archives. Apparently, inquest details were published in the local newspapers for up until the 'recent past'. It cost me £10 for 2 photocopies of the original pages (death notice and inquest report). Linda