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by Andy » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:46 am
Here's a wee tip to help narrow down Elizabeth Robertson.
Elizabeth supposedly died age 81 on the 23rd Jan 1929 there are a good few Elizabeth Robertson deaths between the ages of 75 and 85 for the years 1928 and 1929 (there was an outside chance that she died late in December 1928 but wasn't actually buried until 23rd Jan 1929).
No 81 year old Elizabeth Robertsons died in either year Ann Elizabeth 83 died in Shetland 1929 with an entry of 0007 so earlyish in the year. Elizabeth Margaret age 82 also died in 1929 with a Skerries entry of 17 so a bit later in the year.
Elizabeth (Coull) Robertson age 84 died in 1928 in Kincardine but her entry number is 0021 ... so early 1928.
Going through the 15 Elizabeth Robertson deaths there are only a few possibilities:
1929 ROBERTSON ELIZABETH CURRIE F 79 LARKHALL LANARK 638/01 0064 (unlikely to have been 64 deaths in Larkhall by 23rd Jan)
1929 ROBERTSON ELIZABETH FERGUSON F 77 CADDER (EASTERN) LANARK 626/A2 0002 (this would be my first choice)
1929 ROBERTSON ELIZABETH MARGARET IRVINE F 82 SKERRIES SHETLAND 008/00 0017 (although the entry number is only 17 I reckon in Skerries, Shetland, population about 7000, the 17th death in a year would be more likely to be around AUGUST)
1929 ROBERTSON ELIZABETH RUST MURRAY F 85 BANCHORY TERNAN KINCARDINE 252/00 0013 (early in the year but a fair hike to Southern Necropolis.)
All the other entry numbers are too low in 1928 or too high in 1929
The whole of Inverclyde, population about 85,000 has an average of 4 deaths per day (about the same in 1929 when the population was about the same but people didn't live as long) in the winter months so a death entry of 23 Jan would have been about 80 give or take a few.
There are another few possibilities:
1928 ROBERTSON ELIZABETH GILMO GIBSON F 82 CAMBUSLANG GLASGOW CITY LANARK 627/00 0063
Entry 63 is fairly early in the year for a town the size of Greenock but Cambuslang is the biggest village in Scotland with a current population of about 20,000 so it becomes less likely that there were 63 deaths by the 23rd Jan more like March or April. Similarly for:
1929 ROBERTSON ELIZABETH CURRIE F 79 LARKHALL LANARK 638/01 0064
Larkhall has a current population of about 14,000 so entry 64 would probably be around late May to mid June.
Demographic topography is a very useful method of narrowing down elusive vital records.
Last edited by Andy on Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:23 am, edited 2 times in total.
Searching for Keogh, Kelly, Fitzgerald, Riddell, Stewart, Wilson, McQuilkin, Lynch, Boyle, Cairney, Ross, King, McIlravey, McCurdy, Drennan and Woods (to name but a few).
Also looking for any information on Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Ireland.
Is it possible they buried unrelated people in the same plot?
