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I have the burial record for this chap but cannot find his death record anywhere. He was born in 1802 in Gloucestershire, married to Rosanna Davis in 1843 and was buried in Newnham, Gloucestershire, on February 12th 1865. Rosanna died in 1850. Can anyone please see if I'm missing something obvious?

Annie

The marriage record on FreeBMD has his surname as Criswell,
Edit: Although Rosanna's death is listed as Cresswell.

Yes, there are many variations of the spelling but I can't find him under any of them on any site.

Annie

I couldn't find his death on FreeBMD using all kinds of variations.

Thanks for looking, Margaret. I've searched Find My Past, Ancestry, FreeBMD and Family Search with no luck. I wanted to get the cert for my records but I think I'll have to do without this one.

Annie

You can still put an order in to GRO without knowing a Ref. No. Put down a dod 01/02/1865 and they will check that year and 1 year either side of that date. When I was looking at doing it for a birth, it said if nothing found your payment would be refunded.

You could ring the office 0300 123 1837 to see if that still applies and put an order in by phone if you then want to.

Samuel Creswell
England and Wales Census, 1841


: Samuel Creswell Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1841
Event Place:
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Gender:
Male
Age:
35
Age:
35
Birth Year (Estimated):
1802-1806
Birthplace:
Gloucestershire
Registration District:
Gloucester Union
Parish:
St Mary De Lode
County:
Gloucestershire
Page Number:
32
Registration Number:
HO107
Piece/Folio:
379/19
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Samuel Creswell Male 35 Gloucestershire
Rosana Creswell Female 33 Gloucestershire
James Creswell Male 3 Gloucestershire
Emanuel Creswell Male 0 Gloucestershire

are you sure its 1865 found this

Deaths Mar 1864 (>99%)
CRESSWELL Samuel Shardlow 7b 289

That Samuel Cresswell was aged 88 when he died


CRESSWELL, SAMUEL 88
GRO Reference: 1864 M Quarter in SHARDLOW Volume 07B Page 129

is this him in 1861 with new wife

England and Wales Census, 1861

Name:
Samuel Creswell
County:
Gloucestershire
Event Type:
Census
Event Date:
1861
Event Place:
Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Registration District:
Westbury-On-Severn
Gender:
Male
Age:
59
Marital Status:
Married
Occupation:
Agricultural Labourer
Relationship to Head of Household:
Head
Birth Year (Estimated):
1802
Birthplace:
Churcham, Gloucestershire
Page Number:
2
Registration Number:
RG09
Piece/Folio:
1757 / 18
Affiliate Record Type:
Household
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Samuel Creswell Head Male 59 Churcham, Gloucestershire
Caroline Creswell Wife Female 42 Taynton, Gloucestershire
Harriett Creswell Daughter Female 15 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
James Creswell Son Male 12 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
A Daughter Female 6 Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Samuel Creswell Son Male 4 Taynton, Gloucestershire
Fanny Creswell Daughter Female 2 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire
Edwin Creswell Son Male 0 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire

Yes,that's him. He married twice, once to Rosanna Davis and then to Caroline Juggins, nee White. The death in Shardlow is in the wrong area. It's Derbyshire/Nottingham way. I'll probably try what you said with the GRO. Thanks, everyone.

Annie

any one can die away from home

Yes - I do think you need to contact the GRO and explain the problem.

Ancestry shows the image of the parish register entry which gives these people before and after him in first Quarter 1865 in Newnham, Westbury on Severn:

Elizabeth Hale buried Jan 20th - Reg 6a 167
George Spellecy (Spellicy?) buried Feb 2nd, - Reg 6a 168
Samuel Creswell buried Feb. 12th ............................................
Jane Walker - buried March 3rd. Reg. 6a 172

If this was transferred to the main register it should be somewhere between p168 and p.172 ?

It might help to give them these details and even to send them a copy of the parish register page.

Dea x

Not seeing him on below either, they have his Wife and Marriage...

http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MainMenu.aspx

Chris :)

CRESSWELL Rosanna 45 1850 Gloucester, St Nicholas 6 152

CRESSWELL Samuel JUGGINS Caroline Gloucester Gloucester Register Office 1851 3 10

(a search with just Samuel, nothing!)

Gloucestershire BMD Indexes
Index Coverage
Forest of Dean Westbury on Severn, Newnham Complete (31 registers 1837-1893) Deaths 1837 1893

I asked for a GRO search and they couldn't find Samuel's death entry either. I've explored the Derbyshire Cresswells because there was a death recorded there and they are nothing to do with my Samuel. He must have been the one that got away. Thank you all for trying.

Annie