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Offline Mallory

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Cause of death.
« on: Saturday 25 June 11 17:21 BST (UK) »

 Hi all,

 Please can anyone decipher the cause of death in this extract ?

  Thanks

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Re: Cause of death.
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 25 June 11 17:24 BST (UK) »
Looks like

'Phthisis Pulmonalis* 10 months'.

*ie tuberculosis

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Re: Cause of death.
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 25 June 11 17:25 BST (UK) »
Thats what I was thinking too.  Elin
Foxwell (Wotton Under Edge and South Wales), Howell (Stroud & Wotton Under Edge), Jones (South Wales) Merrigan (Liverpool), Kelly (Liverpool) Titley (Lincolnshire and Staffordshire)  Hellier (Somerset and Monmouthshire)           All UK census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 25 June 11 17:25 BST (UK) »
Pthisis Pulmonalis, 10 months - More commonly known to most of us a TB or Consumption.

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NRY: Bushby Smith Bland Iley Cunion Kendrew Thornbury Favell Lonsdale Crossland Rudd Pratt Gibson
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Re: Cause of death.
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 26 June 11 11:20 BST (UK) »


Hi Cati, Elin and Jen,

  Thank you so much for your quick replies. I’ve spent ages trying to make sense of this and couldn’t make out a word.

     Thanks again.

       Mallory
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