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Death of George William Strain 1914/15

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Heather

Heather Report 11 Jul 2011 09:33

The date of death given on George's headstone is 31st January 1915 and he was buried early in February. However, an open lookup on the death index throws up 4th quarter 1914 in registration district Alcester. The whole family agrees upon the date of death but one person says she has a note 'Isle of Wight' alongside details of the death.
Can anyone please shed any light on this?
Hopefully,
Heather :-S

Gee

Gee Report 11 Jul 2011 09:45

Have you got the death certificate? It might shed some light on the matter there could have been an inquest etc

x

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 11 Jul 2011 09:53

The death registerd dec 1914 is the same details as the one in 1915 eg, vol page number but no image avalable on ancestry, but they may? be the same death but recorded wrong by ancestry

Roy

Heather

Heather Report 11 Jul 2011 10:36

I don't have a death certificate but a family member has a cause of death (pneumonia) so I ssume she has one. I did wonder if it's been wrongly recorded by Ancestry.

Susan

Susan Report 11 Jul 2011 10:57

This is from Free BDM.


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Deaths Mar 1915 (>99%)
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Strain George W 43 Alcester 6d 1177

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There is no death Reg for Dec 1914 for him maybe his death was just registered late.

:-)