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Help reading a death certificate please

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Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 20 Aug 2006 16:13

Anybody want to help? - The Certificate is here - http://i12.photobucket(.)com/albums/a245/Louise2212/Tree/Untitled-1.png (remove bracket)

Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 20 Aug 2006 16:18

I've managed to get Brown, Martha - Wife of Custom house Officer 1857, August Twenty Eight, 9h30m A.M.?, King street, Port Glasgow F, 63 years Richard Marshall, Weaver, (deceased) / Janet Marshal, maiden name Balfour ??, Several Weeks, As certified? by Douglas Reid Surgeon who saw deceased(?) 27th August Parish Church Burying Ground, As Certified by John ? , Undertaker James Brown, ?, ? 1857, August28th at Port Glasgow, Wm Smith?, Registiar just stuck on time of death, Reason for death and the bits after James brown

Cathy in Portsmouth

Cathy in Portsmouth Report 20 Aug 2006 19:20

Hi Louise Is part of the cause of death the word - enteritis ??? Cathy

Mavis

Mavis Report 20 Aug 2006 22:23

Practically certain cause of death is Gastro-Enteritis. Think undertaker's surname is Fyfle. Can't make sense of the first word after James Brown, but I'm pretty sure the second is (prasant), maybe supposed to be present but they look like a's not e's (ie present at death). Best I can do. Mavis

MaryfromItaly

MaryfromItaly Report 20 Aug 2006 23:15

Could the word after James Brown (or Brewin?) perhaps be 'nephew', very badly written?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 20 Aug 2006 23:29

I think the second word after James Brown is (present) written inside brackets. Cause of death is definitely Gastro-Enteritis. Time looks like 9hrs.30m, a.m. to me. Think the undertaker's name is Fyfe. Kath. x

Anne

Anne Report 20 Aug 2006 23:45

I think it says James Brown, weaver, present. This is roughly what I would expect it to say - ie name proffesion and if present at the death. The word weaver is the same as that under the father's name. Anne

Louise2212

Louise2212 Report 21 Aug 2006 13:22

Thank you all so much for that