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The Common Room / Re: Cause of death: unknown.
« on: Wednesday 26 March 25 12:28 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: maddys52 on Wednesday 26 March 25 00:26 GMT (UK)
Quote from: maddys52 on Tuesday 25 March 25 08:02 GMT (UK)
I'm assuming it was this death:

Jane EBENEZER March qtr 1869 Tregaron (11b/60) aged 12.

Shropshire Lass has the certificate.

Need to have my glasses checked, I knew it was 1868.  :-[

 :)

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The Common Room / Re: Cause of death: unknown.
« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 18:33 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: coombs on Tuesday 25 March 25 15:31 GMT (UK)
I have a death cert from 1846 which says cause "unknown, no medical attendant".

That's exactly what's on Jane's certificate.

I've never seen it before but it's good to know that it's a phrase that was used.


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The Common Room / Re: Cause of death: unknown.
« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 12:35 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: maddys52 on Tuesday 25 March 25 08:02 GMT (UK)
I'm assuming it was this death:

Jane EBENEZER March qtr 1869 Tregaron (11b/60) aged 12.

Shropshire Lass has the certificate.

That's the one - but the year was 1868.

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The Common Room / Re: Cause of death: unknown.
« on: Monday 24 March 25 17:08 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: maddys52 on Sunday 23 March 25 23:44 GMT (UK)
What was her name? I know you said you have looked for a newspaper account, happy to look in newspapers I have access to.

That's kind of you.

Jane Ebenezer, died 10th March 1868 in Llangeitho, Cardiganshire, aged 12.
Informant: David Pugh of Llangeitho, present at the death.

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The Common Room / Re: Newspaper reports of marriages.
« on: Sunday 23 March 25 21:26 GMT (UK)  »
The reports I have aren't around the times of the war and don't give any reason for the wedding being 'quiet'.

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The Common Room / Re: Cause of death: unknown.
« on: Sunday 23 March 25 21:24 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: KGarrad on Saturday 22 March 25 22:08 GMT (UK)
A Medical Certificate stating cause of death wasn't required until 1874.

In 1926, an Act of Parliament made it unlawful to dispose of a dead body before a registrar's certificate or a coroner's order had been issued.

When was your death?

Jane's death was in 1868.

I have other death certificates from around that time and there has always been a cause of death stated.

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The Common Room / Cause of death: unknown.
« on: Saturday 22 March 25 21:29 GMT (UK)  »
This is the first time I've seen "Unknown. No medical attendant" given in the cause of death box on a certificate.

Other sudden deaths I've seen have always been investigated by the coroner.

This is on the death certificate of a 12 year girl and the informant was an uncle who was "in attendance" at the death.

I haven't been able to find any newspaper reports relating to the case.

Sometimes finding things out just raises more questions!

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The Common Room / Re: Newspaper reports of marriages.
« on: Saturday 22 March 25 21:24 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Nick_Ips on Saturday 22 March 25 19:28 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Shropshire Lass on Saturday 22 March 25 17:59 GMT (UK)
Was this some sort of code that everyone at the time would have understood or is my imagingation running away with me?

You mean something like "Arranged in a great hurry so not enough time to invite a more extensive guest list" ?

That is along the lines I was thinking!

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The Common Room / Re: Newspaper reports of marriages.
« on: Saturday 22 March 25 21:23 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: gc1 on Saturday 22 March 25 18:52 GMT (UK)
Google search meaning

A "quiet wedding" or "intimate wedding" means a wedding with a smaller guest list, often focusing on the couple and their closest family and friends, emphasizing a more personal and less formal celebration.

That's understandable.  I was curious as to whether the phrase could have had a colloquial meaning above and beyond just describing the size of the wedding party.

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