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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Devon => Topic started by: kesaunders79 on Saturday 08 January 05 21:05 GMT (UK)
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Hi there
My G G Gran was Sarah Dyer (nee Smale) born Crediton and lived all her life there and according to a elderly cousin died and was buried there. So why can I not find her death certificate in the indexes or her record of burial in the registers? ???
I know where she lived from a cousin which I confirmed using the electorol registers in which she is mentioned up to 1918. The cousin thought she had died around the time of the Great War. In the Indexes there are two *'s where a Sarah Dyer could fit in but there are no notes added to the bottom of the GRO Indexes and the record office have been unable to locate a death cetificate for her either.
I've searched the burials registers several times to no avail either.
She was born 1841 in Crediton and I have her in each census up to the 1901.
Has anyone got any bright ideas/suggestions that I could follow up in order to locate her death? Surely there must be a death certificate somewhere?
Please help! :-\
Thanks
Kieran
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Just wondering if you have limited your search to the one area or covered other areas as well? Just in case she died in a hospital or went to live with relatives if she was ill or elderly.............
Casalguidi
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Hiya,
Maybe there was a church service in Crediton but she was buried somewhere else like a municipal cemetery or even taken to a crematorium.There is one in Eeter which isnt far from Crediton.
Debbi
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I've only serched in Crediton because that's where she was always of, and my elderly cousin remembered her living with her son in Crediton until she died although he would only of been 6/7 in 1918 so could be mistaken.
I could try the crematorium in Exeter, was that sort of thing in use around 1918?
Thanks
Kieran
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I couldnt find out on the net when the Crem opened but did find this address to which you can write for information.
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Best Wishes
Debbi
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Many thanks Debbi, I will give that a go and see what that turns up.
Fingers crossed, I've tried for ages with this one.
Cheers
Kieran
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Hi,
Sarah Dyer née Smale was my great-great-grandmother as well. We must be related?
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Hi,
Sarah Dyer née Smale was my great-great-grandmother as well. We must be related?
Welcome to Rootschat Leigh.
Kieran is still active on here,he was last online on 24th Dec,so should be notified that we have both posted here and hopefully come back online later and reply :)
Carol
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Hi Leigh
I've just seen your message :)
Would love to swap information with you :D
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Hi,
Sarah Dyer née Smale was my great-great-grandmother as well. We must be related?
Leigh, to enable you and Kieran to contact each other via the personal message system you will need to post here twice more.
Carol