Hello David
Thank You very much for your comments on this "Inmate"
wording on this cert. I had never seen this before but I did
feel it did not imply a Workhouse or Hospital or I am sure
the name of the place would have been there.
Nice to get other ideas though, much appreciated.
Lorraine Ottawa, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Wilkinson" <david(a)nrdav.freeserve.co.uk>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Mon] ELLAWAY, Edwin George - 1840
Hi Lorraine
You wrote:
|
| I have purchased an incorrect Death registration and would be
| pleased to send it to anyone researching this family.
|
| Edwin George ELLAWAY - age 5 weeks - died August 1, 1840
| at St Woolas. Infant son of William Ellaway, Labourer.
| Cause of death - Convulsions
| The death was registered by the father, William but only says,
| The mark X of William Ellaway, Inmate, Dock / Deck Street, Newport.
| I have no idea what the Inmate part could mean.
| Registration was on August 3, 1840 at Newport, County of Monmouth.
|
I have several such early death certificates where the informant was
described as "inmate". In each case it was someone living in the house,
but
not the householder, and that is all it appears to have meant. In no
case
was the place any sort of institution, which is the only context in which
we
would use the term "inmate" today.
David in Hertford, England
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