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death cert query

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Julie

Julie Report 3 Feb 2004 09:21

re my previous message below, if i applied for a death cert for a child would it give the parents names? just trying to save a few pennies!! julie t:)

Shelli4

Shelli4 Report 3 Feb 2004 09:26

it will probably only give the parents names if they registered the birth if another family member of evne a nieghbour registered it then I don't think it will have them on there Shelli

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 3 Feb 2004 11:14

Hi Julie, I have death cert for my Grandfathers brother who died 1881 aged eleven months,it names both his parents.Where it says occupation it says son of JF Stoneley and gives fathers occupation too,also names mother as she was the informant. Good Luck Kathleen

Anne

Anne Report 3 Feb 2004 13:58

I have several childrens' death certs. On all of them under 'occupation' it say son of... , or daughter of... and the father's name and occupation. On one of them it also says the mother's name. In each case the 'informant' was someone else not of the family. Anne

Margaret

Margaret Report 3 Feb 2004 14:09

I think the answer to your question is possibly but not always. I have the death cert for a 5 year old in 1853 and the parents aren't named at all. The informant is a woman who I haven't got a clue who she is. She lives in the same street so perhaps a neighbour. I don't know why the parents aren't the informant. Margaret