Burial Register notation

[davisd]

In the burial register of St Anne's Soho for the year 1812 the names are followed by the street where the person lived and then by a letter - M, W, C. Can anyone explain the meaning of the letters?

[Priscilla]

Could it possibly be
C for Child
W for Widow / Widower
M for Married?

[mazi]

I thought it was man woman child.

Mike

[jksdelver]

Could it be the district in the parish where the street was?

Greek Street ‘M’ for Marylebone

[Tickettyboo]

I thought it was man woman child.

Mike

I thought the same, all the Ms have a male name, all the W's a female name and the Cs are a mixture of both.

Though the snippet is too small a sample to decide, so I'd do a spot check through the register to see if the theory pans out.

Boo

[Tickettyboo]

Did a quick spot check and the theory seems to pan out to be Man, Woman, Child

this is at the end of the 1810 burials


Boo

[davisd]

Did a quick spot check and the theory seems to pan out to be Man, Woman, Child

this is at the end of the 1810 burials


Boo

Many thanks all for the replies!

[davisd]

Did a quick spot check and the theory seems to pan out to be Man, Woman, Child

this is at the end of the 1810 burials


Boo

Now another register - this one for St Dunstan's Stepney in 1855 - Other names have the notation "Ratcliff" or "Limehouse" after them which I know are towns but the attached has the letters MEOT or MEOF . This means nothing to me but it's curious.

[carol8353]

MEOT = Mile End Old Town