Wrong age in index UPDATE

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Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 1,489 Send Message	Right said Fred	Report	13 Jun 2006 22:43
	Hi everyone who was helping me with Caroline Connelly's death cert, well as you know she died 5 miles away from home in hospital, she was unknown to the informat, and so there was no widow of / wife of. Anyway, the index said her age was 42 (this would be right) and the cert said 47 (wrong) Anyway, looked at the actual hospital records today, and she was 42!!! Right illness, right date of death, right address (where sons are in 1871), so i am very happy, and thanks for all your help!!!
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 9,872 Send Message	Merry	Report	13 Jun 2006 22:47
	Oh, well done! Isn't it lovely when the shadow of doubt is taken away! Merry
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 1,489 Send Message	Right said Fred	Report	13 Jun 2006 22:49
	It was such a relief - and it was quite spooky, because it was the old document, and I just opened it in the middle of the book and there she was!!! Admited on Dec 24th 1870, died 21 March 1871, Tumour of the pelvis (octavarian), very sad though as she was only 42, had lost her husband two years before and left 4 boys ranghing from 4-18.