Re: Death certificate error
- From: Charles Ellson <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:54:37 +0000
Kay Robinson wrote:
Just got around to examining a death certificate that arrived some>
weeks ago. The informant, which I assumed to be the husband, is listed
as 'brother', 'present at death'. A seemingly easy mistake to make,
however, the 'brother's' name is the name of her husband, the wife
having no siblings whatsoever.
Or none that you previously knew about. Apart from being a mistake a "brother" might actually be a half-brother.
> Odd that the error wasn't noticed at
the time. Has anyone come across such an error?Some fairly blatant errors can be found but in many cases the informant's attention at the time of registration might not be entirely on the details in the paperwork other than the deceased's basic details. When errors are eventually discovered it isn't always a real necessity to do anything about it unless it prevents some later action (e.g. burying the body, processing the will, claiming a pension etc.) In the case of my grandmother the registration includes a middle name which appears nowhere other than the death registration while one of my great-grandfathers has a wrong first name given for his father.
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