Missing death index and certificate [Brickwall]

[River Tyne Lass]

And that's  a great find Jomot! 

Yes, James may not have been up to speed on the current husband of Lily or just confused.

Perhaps, I am just tired and missing something on way home from nightshift but who is Ethel Hunter?  Is she significant in some way?

[JenB]

Ethel Hunter is someone who happens to be living in the same house as Robert and Lily/Orsolina Guthrie at the time of the 1921 census (as revealed by Boo doing some firkling with the free search).

[River Tyne Lass]

Oh so she might just be a lodger and no one of particular significance, but then again you never know, with all the twists and turns in this story.

[JenB]

Oh so she might just be a lodger and no one of particular significance, but then again you never know, with all the twists and turns in this story.

Quite 

[Tickettyboo]

I was trying to show that, despite what many people seem to think, the 1921 census though PPV (which was expected) is not a 'rip off' and with a bit of imaginative firkling you can be reasonably sure that any record you decide to buy will be the one you were looking for.

 Ethel could be a lodger/visitor/ a married relation of either Lily or Robert -  I don't know - as you say all things are possible with this family :-)
 She could have been living there permanently or just there overnight but she is with them in 1921.  Though I don't know which number, they 'are' in Norfolk St., and they were the only 3 people recorded in the house that night.

I've bought a few images and firkled extensively each time prior to buying - which was worthwhile as each one has been the one I wanted.

Boo

[River Tyne Lass]

Yes, I agree it is not a rip off - a lot of hard work went into getting this out by all accounts.

By the way, when I checked it seems that James was indeed still in the workhouse in July 1921.  I went through to end of January 1922 and could find no discharge up to that 100 closure point.

[Jomot]

Searching the 1921 for James with no other information but his name and 'inmate' brings up the North Shields record already mentioned, so it does seem very likely he was still in the workhouse as suggested.

[tillypeg]

(Incidentally, I think this post will make me a marquessate .. just marking the day😉)

Congratulations RTL, you certainly deserve it, for your help with this thread alone.

[River Tyne Lass]

Thanks, Tillypeg.  Hopefully, this thread will get solved one of these days.