Genealogy Chat

Hi
I have a scenario.
May be she didnt die at all.
Maybe they parted company and he used the 7 yr law if a person disappears or has no contact then you could declare them dead.
My grandfather parted from my grandmother very soon after my father was born.in 1925
He remarried in 1944 stating he was a widow this was untrue. and again in 1959.
My grandmother didnt die until 1977.
Unless he got divorced from my grandmother which was virtually unheard of remarried between 1925 and 1943 and his new wife died then he would indeed be a widow.
Expect the unexpected in this hobby.
Who reported the death of the Sarah ann Oldham whos death cert you got.
A death record is only as good as the person who reports it.
You might know some one all their lives by their middle name and report their death accordingly, unknowing that they dropped their first registered birth name by choice.
My father is a prime example I have always known him as Robert but his birth says James Robert.
Thats why it took me so long to find his birth record.

Have you tried asking for a look up by some kind person on here on the NBI (National Burial Index) or your local library may have it mine does.

I did see that sarah in stockport i sent for the cert but it was the wrong sarah this sarah was single.
My sarah married at st marys newton hyde cheshire so if she was buried there that should be of some help.
kathryn

Which area are you expecting it to be in?

There is this death

Deaths Mar 1905 (>99%)

Oldham Sarah Ann [23]1 Stockport 8a 7

Just checked image on Ancestry and age is 21

Christine

Her name is Sarah ann oldham she was 21 when she married in 1904 my grandad married again in 1916 as a widower.
Another pair of eyes may find it thank you
I havelooke at the full index as well
Kathryn

Her name is Sarah ann oldham she was 21 when she married in 1904 my grandad married again in 1916 as a widower.
Another pair of eyes may find it thank you
Kathryn

Have you been searching the complete index and not just FreeBMD? Have you considered the possibility that the person could have died away from their home town and could therefore be registered in a district other than the one you were especting?

Sam x

some are missing - I think!
do you want to post the name and I'll have a look too??
have you been looking at the actual image index?

Christine

Has anyone ever had a problem finding a death on the G R O I know the year span, between 1904 and 1916 but cannot find any record, also cannot find any on other sites.
anyone have any ideas what i could try next.
Regards Kathryn