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Title: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: halfasheep on Tuesday 23 October 18 14:56 BST (UK)
Hi guys, a bit far (geographically) for me, but would anyone be able to try and locate an obituary for me? I'll be honest, I don't have a huge amount of info though.

The name is O Mitchell, born in 1930's in Greenwich. I think her husband is still alive, so I won't post his name just in case. I have traced the home address to Romford, and she drops off the electoral role in 2013-2015. The husband is still there until 2018 according to 192.com.

I'm not 100% it's my O, but it's an unusual name for your neck of the woods - the man she is listed at the property with has the same middle initial as the person on the marriage in 1982 in Havering

I assume she has died around 2014, but I don't have any subscriptions to check deaths (assuming they're available at this time anyway).

Thank you for your time guys
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 23 October 18 16:55 BST (UK)
Online GRO death indexes stop at around 2007.  Have you discounted the 1957 Greenwich marriage  :-\
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 23 October 18 16:56 BST (UK)
Is her 1939 entry still redacted?

She may not have died - she could have gone into care
Title: Re: O - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 23 October 18 17:08 BST (UK)
Re that 1957 marriage.  There is a remarriage in 1977 Bromley matching the christian name and 1957 married name
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 23 October 18 17:12 BST (UK)
I have just realised that I have looked at William Hughes (father of Olwyn) before for you  ;D

Marriages Dec 1938 
Hughes    William J       
Payne    Dorothy D   
Greenwich    1d   1890

It is possible that she is still living
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 23 October 18 17:19 BST (UK)
It’s very probable she is still alive.  Her first husband remarried in 1998 Bromley which is where I found the 1977 remarriage

No death for her under 2nd married name
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 23 October 18 17:31 BST (UK)
2nd husband was a lot older - born 1920 and died 1991 Greenwich
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 23 October 18 17:32 BST (UK)
Possible death for second husband in 1991 Greenwich reg district giving a date of birth as 1920.

There is a possible match on electoral registers in Erith 2002 for O.  That was the time we could all opt out of appearing on the online registers.

Posted after getting red message  ;D
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 23 October 18 17:41 BST (UK)
Strange - 2 births - 1937 and 1946 - same name and mmn and same RD??

Could the 1982 marriage you refer to be the person born 1955??
Title: Re: O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
Post by: halfasheep on Tuesday 23 October 18 19:00 BST (UK)
Ah typical. Thank you all. Trying to do this in work and making beginners errors. Will look at this with fresh eyes tomorrow and see where I went wrong. I used to be good at this tree malarky  :-[