Genealogy Chat

As a closure to this item, I have the death certificate from August 1844 for 'death by accidental drowning'!!! A bit more digging found he was working on the new locks and weir at Diglis in Worcester, when a boat he was on with 11 or 12 other workers capsized and he and 9 or 10 others died. However, when you read the official history of the works it was carried out without 'mishap or accident'. This was not accepted as an incident to do with the building as they were not working but returning to Diglis Island to the navvies accommodation. One wonders if the powers to be in those days were also conscious of the cost of blame and liability! Thank you for your help. XX

I have one from 1850 for a 24 year old woman .................

'Phthisis six months Certified'


no indication of WHO certified it .........

........ and the informant was a neighbour who was present at the death, not the young woman's husband

Descriptions will not necessarily be very helpful, but there will be a cause.

I have one 1842.... Decay of nature

and a later one 'Old age, ... no medical attendant'

..... so the situation was not always clear and accuracy perhaps questionable?

Gwyn

Thankyou.

This site may help in understanding the terms:

http://www.archaicmedicalterms.com/

:-D :-D

Thankyou. I will see if we had a visitation from God. XX

It will, indeed

That has not changed


............. but very possibly not in words that you understand :-)


you might have to ask on here, or Google, as they used some very different medical terms .....................


and there are also many medical conditions that they didn't know about.

Yes it will


Although if they don't know the cause it could say 'visitation from God' or something like that

If I apply for a death certificate from 1844 will it have the cause of death on it?
Regards
Pennie