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Offline Poppy62

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deciphering place of death
« on: Sunday 22 February 26 17:58 GMT (UK) »
Hello roots chatters

Can anyone tell me what the place of death is. I think it says Hamilton at the bottom , however I cant make out the rest . Informant was a sister of charity

Thank you

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Re: deciphering place of death
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 22 February 26 18:06 GMT (UK) »
Looks to me like “Lanark Hospital, Lanark. (Usual residence Motherwell)”
Elwyn

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Re: deciphering place of death
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 22 February 26 19:25 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Elwyn Soutter on Sunday 22 February 26 18:06 GMT (UK)
Looks to me like “Lanark Hospital, Lanark. (Usual residence Motherwell)”

I second this :)
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Re: deciphering place of death
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 22 February 26 21:10 GMT (UK) »
I agree.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: deciphering place of death
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 22 February 26 21:18 GMT (UK) »

....and I agree as well.

Good call, Elwyn  :)


Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: deciphering place of death
« Reply #5 on: Monday 23 February 26 17:41 GMT (UK) »
Lanark Hospital, usual residence Motherwell. The cause of death is recorded as phthisis, which is a form of Tuberculosis and Lanark Hospital was a sanatorium for patients with this sort of illness.
Paterson, Torrance, Gilchrist - Hamilton Lanarkshire. 
McCallum - Oban, McKechnie - Ross of Mull Argyll.
Scrim - Perthshire. 
Liddell - Polmont,
Binnie - Muiravonside Stirlingshire.
Curran, McCafferty, Stevenson, McCue - Co Donegal
Gibbons, Weldon - Co Mayo.
Devlin - Co Tyrone.
Leonard - County Donegal & Glasgow.

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Re: deciphering place of death
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 24 February 26 08:04 GMT (UK) »
Thank you everyone for all your replies

I can see it now that you have pointed it out.

Thanks again
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