Death Record 1792

[crankyannie]

Hi. Can anyone tell me what "C.W.H. Coffin" following the deceased's name might mean on a death record? (There are no other details eg age or Place of Internment.)
Thanks, Heather

[Forfarian]

Could you post a clip of the original? Which parish is it? Are there others on the same page similarly annotated?

[crankyannie]

Not sure about a clip [??]. It just says Alexander Drysdale CWH Coffin. And since I posted this question I'm not sure it's who I'm looking for anyway. In 1809 John Wood married Ann Drysdale "Daughter of the late Dr Drysdale of the Island of Tobago". I came across this death for Alexander Drysdale in scotlandspeople and thought the notation might mean that his body was brought back from Tobago. But then I found there was a Robert Drysdale in the Jamaican Gazette, known as Dr Drysdale, who died a month earlier than the marriage of Ann Drysdale and John Wood. Ann was born in 1788, and there were two Alexanders and a Robert who have Anns born that year, so I'm thinkig now that her father was Robert, not Alexander...But thanks for querying it.
Cheers, Heather

[Forfarian]

I don't think there is the remotest possibility that a dead body would have been brought from Tobago to Scotland in 1809. Anyone who died in Tobago would have been buried there, and as soon as possible.

[goldie61]

Not sure about a clip [??]. 

I know you no longer really need to do this, but for future reference, you can take a little 'clip' of anything you have up on your computer screen.
If you're using Apple, the little program is called "Grab', and on Microsoft "Snipping tool'.
These allow you to pick the piece of the screen in question - for example, the burial of the person with those initials you were interested in. Then you can save the little snip, and then attach it to a post here on Rootschat. Lots of people do that for problems with names, places, wills, documents etc. It's a very useful little tool.