I need help - again.....

Miss Poohs · Post by **Miss Poohs** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:46 pm

Hay Dealers Saleman?

I'm sure the first word is hay - I'll have to check her husbands occupation.

Miss Poohs · Post by **Miss Poohs** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:50 pm

Hmmmm her husband was a grain store keeper - so I suppose she could have have been the wife of a hay dealer salesman.

Yup I'd go with that - what do you say? Yes? No?

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:57 pm

Miss Poohs wrote:Hmmmm her husband was a grain store keeper - so I suppose she could have have been the wife of a hay dealer salesman.

Yup I'd go with that - what do you say? Yes? No?

Then I'd definitely go with hops as it is a grain.

Annette M

Miss Poohs · Post by **Miss Poohs** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:01 pm

Thanks Annette (and Catriona) - hop dealer it it

CatrionaL · Post by **CatrionaL** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:54 pm

Annette and Janice

Must say that I see Hay, rather than Hop. What throws me a bit is the s at the end of the word

Cattriona

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:18 pm

I too see "Hay"...........

David

Miss Poohs · Post by **Miss Poohs** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:39 am

My first instinct did/does lie with hay too. The second word looks like dealers, the third word I suppose is still open for debate.

Is that a usual thing to write on a death cert? I've haven't seen that on any others I've come across.

Post by **AndrewP** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:34 am

Miss Poohs wrote:Is that a usual thing to write on a death cert? I've haven't seen that on any others I've come across.

This style "wife of a ____" and no name for the spouse, was something that was only used in the period 1856-1860. After that, the husband's name and occupation would be in there (or for the death of a married man, the wife's name).

As far as I can tell, they went for too much information (good for genealogists) on the 1855 certificates. I can only guess that the registrars complained that this was too much information for them to be taking. So from 1856 it was simplified. Thankfully (from a genealogy viewpoint) the infomation was increased a bit from 1861.

All the best,

Andrew Paterson

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:11 am

Definately see Hay