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Help! How do I find out when someone died when...

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Jennie

Jennie Report 11 Feb 2006 21:22

Thank you so much... Would I have to order the death cert. in order to find out which is the right one? And how do I do this? I was rather hoping that we had a whole new chapter to the family that I could investigate tho! j

Heather

Heather Report 11 Feb 2006 20:30

Good old familyrellies, eh Orange?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 11 Feb 2006 20:20

You could look at the Commonwealth Graves site at www.cwgc.org to see if he died during the war. Kath. x

☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy

☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy Report 11 Feb 2006 20:03

I'll look up to 1920 for you. Maybes Thompson John 46 Newcastle Upon Tyne.10b 252 Death 1 1914 Thompson John 46 Newcastle Upon Tyne.10b 60 Death 2 1912

Jeanette

Jeanette Report 11 Feb 2006 20:00

you can search for free on Ancestry index 1837-1983 http://www(.)ancestry(.)co)(.)uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx remove brackets Jeanette

Jennie

Jennie Report 11 Feb 2006 19:53

Thanks girls! I've worked out he was born in 1871 (+-1yr). hope that helps! Jennie oh, and the last date he was known to be alive would have been around 1911..

☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy

☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy Report 11 Feb 2006 19:48

I just searched 28 years, page by page, of the BMD register to find one, so in theory you could do that :) Do you know the last point he was known to be alive?

Penny

Penny Report 11 Feb 2006 19:46

Jennie do you know how old he was in 1901? i will try and look for you. (Dilston Road is not too far from where i live!!) Penny

Jennie

Jennie Report 11 Feb 2006 19:22

... I only have their birth record? I'm new to this and have reached a block. My paternal Grandmother (Edith Annie Thompson)'s father was called John Thompson and according to the 1901 census lived at 37 Dilston Rd, Elswick in Newcastle upon Tyne. When my grandmother's mother died he abandoned the family and probably went on to re-marry and have more children. Does anyone have any ideas on how I find out this sort of information? Thanks in advance, Jennie