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I finally got around to ordering his death certificate.

He died 26-11-1985, 20 Rotherfield Ave, Bex Hill, East Sussex.
His date of birth was listed as 17-5-1902. 
The witness was a Horace Newing who lived at the same address. I am suspecting there might have never been a marriage !

Could some kind sole find aout about any potential Obits.

I have looked for a death cert for Horace but none on ancestry prior to 2005.  He doesn't feature in the BT phonebook either.

the idea of an illegitimate child is my personal favourite at the moment.

My grandfathers aunt(Beatrice) was living with this child and her own father in 1911.

I am pretty sure my grandfathers mother(my gr grandmother) and sister of Beatrice was trained as a midwife and worked in nursing once she came out to Australia.    What is the chance of a home-birth and no official birth record ?

I know.  I looked at Q2 1901-1905 for any similar surnames/william combinations as well. 

He is also the  only Riversley in 1911 as I well I think.

I have even started looking at Riseley's. 
I will have to even look at Reeversley and others.

What are the rules about ordering this persons death certificate ?

Can I get it if I tell them that he is supposed to be my cousin, 2 times removed ?

I am trying to connect a William Maltby Riversley to my family.

My grandfather remembers him as a child, living in the household of his own grandfather.  William was a year or two younger than my grandfather, and understood him to be a cousin.

My grandfather, Leo A Staaden was born in London, 1901.  He appeared in the 1901 census, living with his mother, sister, grandfather, 2 uncles and an Aunt.

In the 1911 Census, William maltby Riversley is an 8 year old, living with the family, but is listed as being a Visitor, and not a grandchild of my Grandfathers Grandfather.  At the time, my grandfather was already living in Australia, but did see him for one last period, between 1912 and 1914.  He then left England permanently in 1914 and I suspect he had little or no further contact.

I have only ever found 2 references to WMRiversley.  The first, was a death listing for him....William Maltby Riversley
Birth Date: 17 May 1902
Death Registration Month/Year: Nov 1985
Age at death (estimated): 83 
Registration district: Hastings and Rother 
Inferred County: East Sussex 
Volume: 18 
Page: 1046 


and the 1911 Census listing of him living at 57 Lincoln Rd.

I am trying to work out who his parents were, or if he had any descendants. 

Could some kind person help...perhaps a look up of an Obituary ?  Thoughts ?

Yes, finished, thanks all