Unfindable couple / Male was in Navy

[mckha489]

I agree, M.E.Brooks, widow of deceased.

BUT what does the bit on the right say!?
It looks as though it must be a statutory declaration of some sort

[heywood]

That name is relevant to 1921 census.

[mckha489]

Perhaps that explains the underlining of the surname and status of the informant.

[haliared]

Mary Elizabeth SAYLES married Albert Alfred HARMER 5 Nov 1899 in Willesden, London but don't know if this is any use?

[sparrett]

There is no evidence that Martha (nee HALL) , the wife of Joseph had died by 1922, the year of Joseph's death.

Therefore, obviously, Mary Elizabeth the housekeeper could not make a legal marriage with Joseph BROOKS.

I cannot see a probate record in any of her possible names. BROOKS HARMER, DARMER.

Sue

[BushInn1746]

I agree, M.E.Brooks, widow of deceased.

BUT what does the bit on the right say!?
It looks as though it must be a statutory declaration of some sort

I agree but what does the Margin note say? I can only see

for Bro...
Ha[?]...
Widow o ...
Correcte...
June
R E
Regis...
on prod...
Statutor...
made by ...

R E might be the initials of the Registrar? So it looks to be relevant?
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I had a Death Certificate where the GRO decided to type up the Death Certificate and the margin note, possibly because the margin note started in the margin of the adjacent Certificate?

In my Certificate case the Informant with another person had gone a few months later and made a sworn oath that they had made an error with the surname spelling when they reported the death.

I had discovered the deceased was a beneficiary in a PCC Will and it was probably needed by the Son to show kinship.

[heywood]

Mary Elizabeth SAYLES married Albert Alfred HARMER 5 Nov 1899 in Willesden, London but don't know if this is any use?

That seems significant - worth investigating.

[BushInn1746]

I have added above what I can read.
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An example of another Certificate Margin Note.

Mine had numbers 15 & 18 above the surname, indicating what the spelling was and what it was changed to.

But it could be any type of alteration.

[BushInn1746]

Caught the quote button by mistake