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From: "Cathy Taylor" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Re: Workhouse deaths
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:03:52 +0100
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Have you tried the minets book for the parish church, this is how I found
out were my ggrandmother was burried and who claimed the body.
Also minet books for the workhouse, usualy tell who was informed of the
death.
Cathy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Clark" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Re: Workhouse deaths


> Kate
> I have a death certificate for 1906 .My G G Granddad died in Caxton
> Workhouse & the 'Master of the Union' was the informant.Although I was
> pleased to have ordered the right certificate it did not tell me if his
wife
> was alive (I was hoping she was the informant but was surprised & saddened
> when I got it that he had died in the workhouse).I don't now where he was
> buried-maybe in the workhouse grounds?He would have had no money to have
> asked for much else?
> That is my experience anyway :-)
>
> Andrea
> PS I still have not found the death for his wife (need the 1901 index!)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kate Burns <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:35 PM
> Subject: [UK-W&H] Re: Workhouse deaths
>
>
> >
> > I wonder if someone could tell me the procedure (that might have
happened)
> > once a person died in a Workhouse? I have found a (maybe) relative and
> > although the death is noted, would there be anywhere I might find a note
> of
> > next of kin etc. who would/might have been advised of the death but
> probably
> > also were unable to pay for a funeral?
> >
> > Also, this lady died in 1837 - in Surrey, but if I have the right
person,
> I
> > think she lived elsewhere with her husband. When her husband died would
> she
> > have had to return to the village where she was born?
> >
> > I hope it makes sense....
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Kate
> > Queensland
> >
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