Help deciphering death certificate needed

Caroline · Post by **Caroline** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:22 pm

Hi everyone,

Have uploaded a death cert. for Margaret Strang to the gallery (my first attempt at doing this, so hope it works!)

I've managed to decipher all the certificate, apart from the cause of death - can anyone work out what it is?

I'd actually got this certificate to confirm that Margaret husband was "my" James Strang having forgotten that 1860 DCs don't give the partners name!

Caroline
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1119
<it worked Caroline!! URL added by LesleyB>

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:02 pm

Hi Caroline
A quick look and I think it says "Intemperance" - my rough guess would be she overdid it on the bottle.... but I may be way off, as I've not seen that on a death entry before....
Someone else may have a far more sensible and logical explanation!

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **emanday** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:04 pm

The link isn't working for me.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:06 pm

Hi Mary
Can you give it a try now? - should be OK. (you were quick off the mark there - I was still in the middle of tidying up open windows!!

)
Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **emanday** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:42 pm

It's working fine now, Lesley.

I'm with you about the cause being "Intemperance". As far as I can see it really couldn't be anything else, but I've never seen it before either.

JohnI · Post by **JohnI** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:45 pm

Hello Caroline,

I agree with Intemperance as the likely cause.
One of my own relatives from 1855 had Intemperance, Several Years as the cause of death.

John

Post by **emanday** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 3:50 pm

I've just had a closer look at it and the letter before Intemperance, which I'd first thought was the end of the father's name overlapping, is actually an upper case C. Possibly indicating "Chronic"?

kathyc · Post by **kathyc** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:41 pm

I'll add my vote for intemperance.

Kathy

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:36 am

Hi Mary

Sorry to contradict , but the person registering the death is James Coubrough and I reckon that the last 'h' in dad William's name has spilled over into the 'cause of death' column.
I would reckon that a diagnosis of 'Intemperance' carries with it shades of chronicity anyway

(I had better lay off the vino and malt chasers for a while if I want to avoid the same diagnosis.

)

Russell

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:15 am

Russell wrote:Hi Mary

Sorry to contradict , but the person registering the death is James Coubrough and I reckon that the last 'h' in dad William's name has spilled over into the 'cause of death' column.
....snipped.............
Russell

Agreed

David