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Jasmyne

Jasmyne Report 11 Sep 2008 21:32

Thank you Pam and margaret - very much appreciated. I think I will order one in the morning.

Do the certificates take long to arrive normally?

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 11 Sep 2008 21:29

There's no birth or death of a baby but then, if it was stillborn there wouldn't be.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Pam

Pam Report 11 Sep 2008 21:26

Death Registration

Percy R. Plowman
March Quarter 1921
Age: 41
Reigate
Volume 2a
Page 255

Researching:
Middlesex, Berkshire and Somerset

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 11 Sep 2008 21:26

My gt. grandmother Charlotte was known as Lottie. There's a death of Lottie E. Plowman, Dec. quarter 1921, Reigate, age 38. (2a 238).
Why not order her death certificate to find cause of death?

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Pam

Pam Report 11 Sep 2008 21:25

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Jun 1905 (>99%)
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Plowman Percy Robert Fulham 1a 501
SEXTON Charlotte Eliza Fulham 1a 501

Researching:
Middlesex, Berkshire and Somerset

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 11 Sep 2008 21:21

There's a death of Percy R. Plowman, March quarter 1921, Reigate, age 41. (2a 255)

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Jasmyne

Jasmyne Report 11 Sep 2008 21:05

Evening all,

My partners g.gran Charlotte Eliza Sexton b.1883 Surrey d.1921 Reigate is a mystery.

We were told by family that she died of a broken heart aged 30.

Her husband Percival/Percy R Plowman b.1879 died 6 months prior to her own death.

The family rumour is that she gave birth to a stillborn child after her husband had died which she named percy and then she committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a train.

Is there anyway that I could verify this old family story? Is this the kind of thing that may have been in the newspaper?

Would love to hear any tips.