Genealogy Chat

Bob I'm not even sure I want to ask....sounds evil! Sue Snap! That or chronic asthma!

A cause of death in our lott that crops up frequently is uterine carcinoma.. poor ladies........ Bob

I've not got that many death certs in my files yet - having enough trouble trying to prove they ever existed first - but the ones I do have all seem to have died a pretty grim death. I think the ones that got to me the most were the 2 children of one of my 3xgrandparents who both died of whooping cough. My own little girl had that very recently and it hit me hard how lucky we are to live in the day and age of vaccinations Lou

Very sad about Vera. My g.gran died at age 19 giving birth to my gran. How sad.

Don't think any of my ancestors died of anything pleasant. I imagine most of them died sad deaths. They nearly all worked until they dropped - no pension. Lots of nasty diseases which if they exist nowadays are treatable, or at least alleviated. I think the luckiest chap was my gt gt gt grandfather Robert Chowns. He spent over 20 years in a small almshouse, with just 2 other men and 3 women. It had its own chapel, just for the 6 of them, plus a live-in manager. The old folk grew their own veg and got 1/- a week meat allowance. He finally died of old age in 1872 - he was 90! I only found his death recently as I was sure he'd died much earlier. nell

I've just said the same thing. Sometimes I really dislike this hobby, its too emotional! Thanks everyone, might not be a very nice thought but at least I have the answer now!

isnt it sad to think of this poor woman dying like that, such a shame I get quite upset sometimes thinking how my and other poor rellies suffered.

Thanks so much, Nell Now you've said it, you can tell that's what it says, but its a copy of the original entry and a little smudged. That makes perfect sense and fits in with what my mum was told about Vera by other family members (my mum is the daughter of Grandad and his 2nd wife). Think its awfully sad, though! Lou

Dementia praecox was a term for schizophrenia. From www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm 'Dementia Means 'loss of mind' i.e. a loss of brain functions in someone who had normal brain function prior to the onset of the illness. It generally relates to elderly adults, but can (very rarely) occur at any age Many people are surprised that dementia can be a fatal illness. Dementia could be thought of as 'brain failure' and is a physical (or organic) disease that can prove fatal, in the way that kidney failure or heart failure are physical diseases that can prove fatal. The brain does much more than its intellectual functions. It is involved in controlling many of the body's processes. Dementia can prove fatal e.g. as a result of another underlying health problem being unrecognised because the victim is unable to convey the symptoms to their carers as a result of another underlying health problem being unrecognised by the victim's doctors because they are used to dealing with psychiatric conditions. Such a doctor is more likely to give a psychiatric cause of death as a result of immobility (pneumonia, pressure sores) as a result of complications of chronic incontinence of urine as a result of failure of a part of the brain that performed a vital function as a result of poor nutrition I could think of more examples, but hope it is now clear how dementia can be fatal For many dementia deaths, pneumonia will be the ultimate fatal condition, but in this scenario, pneumonia is a terminal event rather than a fatal illness and dementia is the true cause of death' nell

I can read the first word says Dementia but the 2nd word looks like proccox which google doesn't give me anything for. Its a death cert for my Grandad's 1st wife who, family story goes, went a 'little odd' after the birth of her 3rd child. The child was indeed raised by my Grandad's sister and her husband as their own and Vera died in an institution aged just 27 so there must be some truth in the tale. Not sure whether that gives any clues to what the word would be. Thanks Lou