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Can anyone help with a death record?

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Julie

Julie Report 29 Nov 2014 11:58

John Cunnington born 1842, died between the census of 1901 & that for 1911. As far as I am aware he spent his whole life in the Holbeach area of Lincolnshire, certainly his widow was still resident at Holbeach Hurn at the 1911 census date. Can anyone help me track down a death record for him?

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 29 Nov 2014 12:02

Might be??

Name: John Cunnington
Birth: abt 1839
Death: Jan 1910 - Holbeach, Lincolnshire

Jan

Researching:
Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham

Julie

Julie Report 29 Nov 2014 12:26

Jan, you could be right as the census data has quite a bit of variation in his age & thus birth year. Not sure why this didn't come up in my own searches.
Julie

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 29 Nov 2014 16:44

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

(using above free link, is this Kate below?)



Deaths Mar 1930 (>99%)
------------------------------------------------------------
Cunnington Catherine 84 Holbeach 7a 467

(1901 as Kate)

Chris :)


County Lincolnshire
Place Holbeach
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber
MarriageDate 26 Feb 1866
GroomForename John
GroomSurname CUNNINGTON
BrideForename Catherine
BrideSurname WILSON
GroomFatherForename James
GroomFatherSurname CUNNINGTON
GroomFatherOccupation
BrideFatherForename Thomas
BrideFatherSurname WILSON


Baptism
County Lincolnshire
Place Gedney Drove End
Church Christchurch
RegisterNumber 354
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 04 Apr 1875
Forename Sarah Jane
Sex F
FatherForename John
MotherForename Kate
FatherSurname CUNNINGTON
MotherSurname
Abode Drove End
FatherOccupation Labourer


Baptism
County Lincolnshire
Place Gedney Drove End
Church Christchurch
RegisterNumber 413
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 28 May 1877
Forename Eliza Mary Anne
Sex F
FatherForename John
MotherForename Kate
FatherSurname CUNNINGTON
MotherSurname
Abode Gedney Marsh
FatherOccupation Labourer


http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

(from above free link)


(or is it another John and wife you are following?)

Julie

Julie Report 29 Nov 2014 17:15

Chris, Yes, this is the couple, they later moved to Holbeach Hurn. Unfortunately the parish registers from when the Church opened at Holbeach Hurn in 1870 are still in use, so there are no scans on line for me to check out baptisms, marriages & burials.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 29 Nov 2014 17:24

http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/archives/

(do they not hold any records at above?)

Chris :)

http://www.lincstothepast.com/

Julie

Julie Report 29 Nov 2014 17:35

Chris, unfortunately not as the registers that started in 1870 when the church opened are still the ones actively in use. I think I will have to take a trip to look at them, but as I am not local to that area I think it will have to wait until next Summer.

jax

jax Report 29 Nov 2014 17:42

You probably would'nt find the ages on the marriage cert....they were normally put as 'Full age' or 'Minor' back then, even if there was an age, they may have lied

Age at death is quite often wrong depending on who registered it

Researching:
Nothing much