Death cert. for a drowning

[deeiluka]

Leanne, this would be a great question to put to one of the top Australian genealogists, such as the chap who goes on the ABC at night sometimes (from Anc****y) or Nick Vine Hall.

Maybe there is a reason for it that they would be able to explain.

But then again, it could just be that something has happened to the records, I suppose.   


Dee   

[LeanneBeckley]

Thanks Dee
I'll try that,  and thanks for your interest.
Leanne

[tedscout]

This might help.

http://www.theshipslist.com/Forms/BMD.htm

[ashleighn19]

Hey Leanne,

I have an ancestor who also died in a drowning, and like you I suspect this as I have found articles on Trove that lead me to this end. Also like you, his wife re-married and stated herself as a widow, but I there is no record of his death as there was never a body found.

It is a very frustrating thing when you are 99% sure that the ancestor you are interested in is the one that drowned, but there isn't the legal certification to prove it. If possible, can you let me know if you find anything at PROV? My ancestor died in NSW, but any leads on if you can find certificates for drowning deaths would be great.

Thanks,

Ash

[majm]

Hi

NVH died in 2006

19thc NSW dc in civil registrations were for giving the funeral director authority to bury a body.  I think without a body there would not have been a need for a dc in that era in VIC

Cheers JM

[Billyblue]

I'd agree with JM, especially about Nick Vine Hall being only contactable in the afterlife   

But you'd think there would have been an inquest, even without a body??

Any sudden and unexpected death, or death from circumstances not connected with an individual's state of health, usually attracts a coroner's inquest of some sort.

You may have to content yourself with the newspaper reports.

Dawn M

[deeiluka]

I'd wondered why the ABC had switched to the Anc*****y chap!      


Dee   

[Billyblue]

Dee
Nick's death was quite sudden, as I recall, and I think there was something about his wife not wanting a song and dance about it (but that may be just my memory playing tricks, too)

Dawn M

[deeiluka]

Thanks Dawn.   

Many is the night I got cross when I fell alseep during his sessions, only to wake up to hear him say goodnight!   


Dee