Death Certificates 1843 to 1870

By jaden December 28, 2014 1019 views 5 comments

Could someone tell me what information I would get from Death Certificates issued in 1843 and 1870

Comments (5)

Nsueturney60

You would get the name of the person who passed away, maybe the date of birth if the person knows about when this person was born, where he passed away, who is the spouse of this person, or next of kin, date of the death, who the doctor is, maybe it will tell where the person is buried and so forth.
Is there a specific reason that you want to know this? Maybe I can help you? let me know here. Nsueturney60

jaden

The reason I wanted to know about death certificates was that I'd tried all avenues to try and find two baptisms, I hoped that the place of birth and date of birth might have been on them for that period but it seems unlikely.

janilye

Death certificates do sometimes show a persons' religion, but do not include dates for Baptism or Christening.
On the death certificates, I have in my posession, for those dates, in Australia you have
1 Name of deceased
2 Date & place of death
3 Sex, age & occupation of deceased
4 Cause of death & length of illness
5 Medical Attendant and when last seen
6 Father's name & occupation; Mother's maiden name
7 Informant - the accuracy of every registration depends on this person!
8 Children of deceased (usually names & ages are listed, but sometimes only the number of males/females is listed)
9 Date & place of burial, and Undertaker
10 Minister, religion, and names of witnesses
11 Birthplace and length of time in NSW (if applicable)
12 Marriage place, age at marriage, and Spouse name
13 Date & place of Registration
I don't know where you are from but I've seen certificates from other countries and they are all pretty much the same. How much is filled in depends on the knowledge of the informant. Sometimes if there is no family the informant is a doctor or nurse.

janilye

Here's one from Sussex 1871

asheppard

Someone might be able to find the baptisms for you if you post the names, birth dates and place of the two people you are looking for.