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Hi,
I have an Irish rellie who died in 1962.
I've been told by his children that he crashed his car (drunk) then was taken to a particular hospital in South Dublin and died there. I also have his exact date of death from an obituary.
To establish his age, which I wasn't sure of, I ordered his death cert.
The Irish GRO has send me a death certificate today.
The name, hospital, occupation and date of death is correct. The age seems about right, but like I say I was never sure of his exact age, so this age info doesn't confirm with anything for me.
The persons name is one which is very common in Ireland plus the occupation is also a very common one in Ireland. For these reasons I don't think I can attach too much credibility to the name and occupation matching as I fear people of that name / occupation would have died frequently in the area at the time.
The cause of death and informant info has thrown me though.
The Informant (whose name means nothing to the family) is described as an "Inmate" of the hospital. Given my subject was married with lots children all living in the area that put death notices in the paper etc, is it odd that the informant would be this unknown to the family 'inmate' of the hospital?
Secondly the cause of death is "Pulminary Embolism few mins. Chronic Bronchitus few years. Certified." Doesn't sound like a car crash to me on the face of it?
Does this sound like the right death cert?
I'm guessing it is, but I'd welcome feedback from anyone, because I'd hate to get off on the wrong foot at this early stage of my research.
Thanks
Al
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Al
If there had been more that one person with the same name, dieing on the exact day in the same area then I would have expected the GRO to advise that there was more than one entry and they could not determine which one was yours. (This has happened to me before when I requested an irish birth cert when I knew dates and locations)
On one of my death certificates when "inmate of the hospital" was the informant it was actually one of the nursing team who had found the body and then started off the proceedings. Would this be a possibility?
As for the Pulminary Embolism is that not a blood clot which could have occurred in an accident? I know the Bronchitis thing is a bit strange but I have seen the same on some of my Irish certificates where the cause of death was a heart attack but Bronchitis is also listed.
Karen
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Thanks Karen.
That is all really helpful to know, especially that the Irish GRO advised you when they were not sure of any entry due to multiple possibles.
I'm guessing it must be the correct cert. I'm just a bit hesitent because I new to Irish family history, plus the family names are so common and this is why it is great to get some feedback.
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