Genealogy Chat

could anyone tell me if i can get hold of records for gateshead on the web free of charge?im a member of ancestry but am unable to get the records i need, ive also tried family search.
need to find the date of death for my g g grandfather william noble born 1821 died sometime between 1889 and 1901 in gateshead thanks xx

If you have ancestry membership you can search the complete death index for the death.

If you can't find it, perhaps he died somewhere other than Gateshead.

How do you know he died between these dates?

Kath. x

From the transcribed freebmd extracts.....................

Name: William Noble
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Year of Registration: 1889
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 68
District: Gateshead
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 484



Reg

hi reggie,
thanks for that but that cant be him as he wrote his will 15th april 1889 but thanks anyway for taking the time to look.x

hi kathleen,
william wrote his will in 1889(ive got it) cant find him on the 1891 but found his wife a widow in 1901.x

That's funny, the one that Reg found has to be him, don't you think?
Are you sure that the date on the will is when he wrote it? Or when it was probated after he died?
Margaret

Hi Suzanne,

I, too, think that the death Reg found must be the one.

Margaret's idea that the date you have is when the will was proved is a good one. Perhaps you could check this.

Kath. x

Why not buy the cert and see who registered the death?

You obviously know the names of his wife and children, so it will be easy to determine if he's the right one.

Where is his wife/widow in 1891?

Reg

You could try http://online.gateshead.gov.uk/bmd/ although their coverage link indicates that they haven't covered your years yet, but maybe later on...?

margaret,im certain that william was alive in feb 1889,the will was sighed by him and dated april 1889 suex

Would it be possible, Sue, that he wrote and signed it in Feb, died in March then it was dated in April when it was probated? It's just the coincidence of 2 William Nobles dying within months of each other in Gateshead who were exactly the same age is really a stretch of the imagination.
Margaret