Not the correct Thomas James.
When I checked the emails last night before going to bed there
was an email from the UK RGO telling me that a certificate, I had ordered was
available. I couldn’t resist, so at just past midnight I logged into the site
and downloaded the pdf. of a death certificate of a Thomas James
My hopes that it would verify that he was my three times
great grandfather were dashed. Unlike other certificates the name and address of
the notifier had proved without a doubt I had the correct ancestor, but not
this time. The notifier of the dearth of this Thomas Watson was a, Coroner of
Bedford Square, this Thomas died in the St Giles Workhouse Infirmary.
I had high hopes when I ordered this death certificate
that it would provide me with enough details to verify that this chap was my
three times great grandfather. Disappointingly the notifier of the death was The
Coroner of Bedford Square. This poor chap was found dead in the Infirmary, St
Giles Workhouse on November seventh 1843.His occupation was a ‘boot closer’ and
the corner reported his death as due to natural causes. The date his death was register
was 25 days after he died.
My next step was to look for more information. I posted a
message to a Facebook group I subscribe to and went to bed. Next morning among
the helpful replies was one with the details of a likely candidate on the 1841
census, but living with a wife called Caroline, my Thomas was married to
Elizabeth, confirmed by the 1841 census.
Disappointing as it was to receive this incorrect
certificate it has at least ruled him out of the search for my three times
great grandfather.
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