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I am trying to find the date of death for the right William Dale. He was born in Sutton Scotney , Hants in 1862 Bap in Wonston Hants 1862 .he had no middle name, Joined the army 2nd Battalion Hants Reg and from then on his birth year was1864. He retired out in 1903 and married Ada Margrett Turle from Kent in Winchester in 1903,as far as I know they had no children but on the 1911 census they had his brothers child with them. They moved around the country for work, he was alive on the 1911 census and his wife died a widow in 1936 in dorset, there was no obituary for her.
Short of ordering all the death certs for all the Williams I am at a loss to work out which one is him?

There are over 60 people called William Dale in the death records for the period 1911-1936 who were born in the period 1860-1864. I don't think you'll be wanting to buy over 60 death certificates.
I'm not sure how you could narrow this down. :-(

You could check the Electoral Roll for the address on the widow's death cert in years leading up to her death, to determine whether William was at the address.and if so, when. That would narrow the time-scale - and location - for your search

Obtaining the info would entail a visit to the main library for the area in which she lived.

There isn't an inordinate number of deaths in the two time-scales which have been registered with no second forename, although there are still enough to make getting all the certs financially prohibitive

My search criteria were 'death between 1911 and 1936 'and' birth in 1863 +/- 1 year'


DALE William Sculcoates Yorkshire 1914 Apr-May-Jun VIEW
DALE William Macclesfield Cheshire 1915 Apr-May-Jun VIEW
DALE William Macclesfield Cheshire 1915 Apr-May-Jun VIEW
DALE William Pancras London 1915 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW
DALE William Driffield Yorkshire 1917 Jan-Feb-Mar VIEW
DALE William Manchester Lancashire 1918 Jan-Feb-Mar VIEW
DALE William Amersham Buckinghamshire 1926 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW
DALE William Macclesfield Cheshire 1929 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW
DALE William Hartlepool Durham 1932 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW
DALE William Sevenoaks Kent 1935 Jan-Feb-Mar

Puirely for info regarding 1911 location

1911 census

Person: DALE, William Address: 19 Station St Sutton Coldfield

DALE, William Head Married M 47 1864 Army Pensioner Caretaker Sutton Scotney Hants VIEW
DALE, Ada Margaret Wife Married7 years F 37 1874 Assisting Husband Beckenham Kent VIEW
DALE, Evelyn Ruth Mary Niece F 4 1907 Worting Hants VIEW RG number: RG14 Piece: 18382 Reference: RG14PN18382 RG78PN1104 RD385 SD6 ED11 SN113 Registration District: Aston Sub District: Sutton Coldfield Enumeration District: 11 Parish: Sutton Coldfield

Evelyn is living with Ada Margaret with no William here in 1933
Name: Evelyn Ruth Mary Dale
Year: 1933
County or Borough: Willesden
Ward or Division/Constituency: Willesden East
Street Address: 10 Winchester Avenue


and here in 1929
Name: Evelyn Ruth Mary Dale
Year: 1929
County or Borough: Willesden
Ward or Division/Constituency: Willesden East
Street Address: 10 Cambridge Avenue

no William with them so he must have passed pre 1929

The St Pancras death looks a possibilty

quote from above listings
DALE William Pancras London 1915 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW


or this one

DALE William Amersham Buckinghamshire 1926 Oct-Nov-Dec VIEW

on her own in 1936
Name: Evelyn Ruth Mary Dale
Year: 1936
County or Borough: Camden
Ward or Division/Constituency: Hampstead
Street Address: 30 Boundery Road

and again
Name: Evelyn Ruth Mary Dale
Year: 1939
County or Borough: Westminster
Ward or Division/Constituency: St Marylebone
Street Address: 3 Nugent Terrace

from 1945 to 1950


Name: Evelyn R M Dale
Year: 1950
County or Borough: Westminster
Ward or Division/Constituency: St Marylebone
Street Address: 15 Abercorn Place

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Ada Margrett Dale
Name: Ada Margrett Dale
Probate Date: 3 Mar 1936
Death Date: 4 Jan 1936
Death Place: Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Registry: London, England

of 26 Nursery Road Bournemouth died 4.1.1936 Probate London 3 March to Evelyn Ruth Mary Dale spinster effects £960.17s.3d

As Allan is a new poster, I will send him a friendly message on how to return to this thread. :-)