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England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

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Jurisdiction
England & Wales
Registering authority
General Register Office (via FreeBMD)
Record type
death
Years covered
1837–1915
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Ancestry
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FreeBMDDeath
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Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by

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England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District W. Bromwich · Year 1889 · Volume 6b · Page 435 Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” SEP 1889 of Robert Gray

Robert Gray 1889 Sep 38 W. Bromwich vol 6b p.435

Columns as printed by FreeBMD: Name / quarter and year of registration / age at death / registration district / GRO volume and page. Age 38 in the Jul-Sep 1889 quarter is consistent with the tree's birth of DEC 1850.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District W. Bromwich · Year 1897 · Volume 6b · Page 534 Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” JUL 1897 of Catherine Price

Catherine Gray 1897 Sep 66 W. Bromwich vol 6b p.534

Columns as printed by FreeBMD: Name / quarter and year of registration / age at death / registration district / GRO volume and page. Registered under her married surname.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District Camberwell · Volume 1d · Page 468 · Year 1870 Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 1870 of Daniel Child

Daniel CHILD | 1870 Mar | 66 | Camberwell | vol 1d p.468

Supports the 1870 death; narrows it to the January-March quarter of 1870 and to the Camberwell registration district, which contains Peckham.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District Westminster · Volume 1 · Page 404 · Year 1838 Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 1838 of Richard Bligh

Richard Bligh, deaths registered June quarter 1838, Westminster registration district, volume 1 page 404

The ONLY Richard Bligh death in the England & Wales index 1837-1845. Born 1785, so he died aged about 53; the recorded 1938 made him 153 and was a single-digit slip for 1838. Queensland relevance: his son John O'Connell Bligh #50167 died at Gympie in 1876. Pre-1866 death index entries carry no age, so the identification rests on the name, the date and the absence of any other candidate.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District Loughbro' · Volume 7a · Page 88 · Year 1862 Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 31 JAN 1862 of Martha Forman

Martha CHARLES | 1862 Mar | Loughbro' | vol 7a p.88

Row as returned by the genealogy-cli freebmd client from FreeBMD's encoded search results; columns Name | Quarter | District | GRO reference. FreeBMD's own decoded field values are surname CHARLES, given Martha, district Loughbro', volume 7a, page 88, quarter 1862 Mar. Search was surname Charles, given Martha, deaths 1861-1863; it returned two rows, this one and Martha Ann Charles 1863 Jun Cockermouth.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Volume 13 · Page 410 · Quarter 1847 Mar · District Thingoe Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 13 FEB 1847 of William Nelson

William Nelson 1847 Mar Thingoe vol 13 p.410

FreeBMD death index, columns Name | Date | Place (registration district) | Reference. Death entries carry no age before 1866. The only William Nelson death registered in Thingoe in 1847; Hawstead, Whepstead and Chevington are all in that district.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Volume 4a · Page 448 · Quarter 1888 Mar · District Thingoe Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” ABT 1796 of Sarah Billaman

Sarah Nelson 1888 Mar 92 Thingoe vol 4a p.448

FreeBMD death index, columns Name | Date | Age | Place | Reference. Indirect evidence of the birth: age 92 in the January-March quarter of 1888 gives a birth in 1795 or 1796.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Volume 4a · Page 448 · Quarter 1888 Mar · District Thingoe Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 31 JAN 1888 of Sarah Billaman

Sarah Nelson 1888 Mar 92 Thingoe vol 4a p.448

FreeBMD death index, columns Name | Date | Age | Place | Reference. The age is the discriminator: no other Sarah Nelson death in Thingoe fits a woman born about 1796.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Volume 4a · Page 309 · Quarter 1876 Sep · District Bury St Edmunds Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Born” ABT 1786 of John Debenham

John Debenham 1876 Sep 90 Bury St Edmunds vol 4a p.309

FreeBMD death index, columns Name | Date | Age | Place | Reference. Indirect evidence of the birth: age 90 in the July-September quarter of 1876 gives a birth in 1785 or 1786, which is what the compiled profile says and is the reason this row is his and not one of the five other John Debenham deaths of the decade (ages 61, 62, 38, 66 and 69).

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Volume 4a · Page 309 · Quarter 1876 Sep · District Bury St Edmunds Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 1876 of John Debenham

John Debenham 1876 Sep 90 Bury St Edmunds vol 4a p.309

FreeBMD death index, columns Name | Date | Age | Place | Reference. Chevington was transferred from Thingoe to the Bury St Edmunds registration district; Thingoe rows still appear in 1875, so both district names cover the same ground in these years.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Volume 13 · Page 396 · Quarter 1848 Mar · District Thingoe Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For “Died” 24 FEB 1848 of Catherine Brownley

Catherine Debenham 1848 Mar Thingoe vol 13 p.396

FreeBMD death index, columns Name | Date | Place (registration district) | Reference. The only Catherine Debenham death registered anywhere in England and Wales between 1846 and 1850, and it falls in the district that holds Chevington. Death entries carry no age before 1866, so this row cannot date her birth; the GRO online index would give the age.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District Bristol · Volume 6a · Page 183 · Quarter Jun 1914 · Age 59 Secondary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For Caroline Elizabeth Peirson (1855–1914)

Caroline H Lutman | 1914 Jun | Bristol | vol 6a p.183 | age 59

FreeBMD death index gives age 59 at a Jun 1914 Bristol death, i.e. b. ABT 1855 -- incompatible with the tree's recorded 1832 (82 at death, 56 at her 1888 daughter's birth -- the flagged implausibility). Same place and quarter as the recorded death 27 JUN 1914. Middle initial reads H not E in this index row; flagging for the moderator rather than suppressing.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Questionable

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For Joan Andrews (1761–1839)

Death date: Mar 1838Death place: Devon, United Kingdom

Likely misattributed. A FreeBMD district lookup this session found TWO Joan Norrish deaths in this window: 1838 Mar at CREDITON (this citation) and 1839 Sep at TAVISTOCK (see the new citation on this person, and the 11 Aug 1839 Widecombe burial register entry 483, age 78, abode Huccaby/Lydford, which matches Joan Andrews's birth year and family abode exactly). Crediton has no known connection to this family. This Mar 1838 Crediton entry is probably a different, unrelated Joan Norrish. Left in place rather than deleted since it is still a real record of someone; a moderator may prefer to delete it.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 District Tavistock · Volume 9 · Page 234 · Quarter 1839 Sep Primary

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 · General Register Office (via FreeBMD) · 1837–1915 · Ancestry

For Joan Andrews (1761–1839)

Joan Norrish | 1839 Sep | Tavistock | vol 9 p.234

FreeBMD death index row (freebmd.org.uk), columns: Name | registration quarter | registration district | GRO volume/page. Tavistock is the registration district covering Lydford parish (Huccaby), where this family is documented living - consistent with the 11 Aug 1839 Widecombe burial above, whose registration would fall in the September 1839 quarter. This is very likely the correct registration for Joan Andrews's death, in place of citation #3097 (see the flag added there).