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For Reference this is the last information I can find on him


Moses Tilston
Age:
41
Estimated birth year:
1830
Relation:
Nephew
Gender:
Male
Where born:
Ellesmere Shropshire England
Civil Parish:
Ellesmere
Ecclesiastical parish:
St Mary
County/Island:
Shropshire
Country:
England
Registration district:
Ellesmere
Sub-registration district:
Ellesmere
ED, institution, or vessel:
1
Household schedule number:
125
Piece:
2788

Have you eliminated the Moses who died in Chester in 1892?

Yes Erika I have he was the one married to Esther

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Name: Moses Tilston
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 1899
Event Place: New Zealand
Age (Estimated): 70
Birth Date: 1829
Registration Number: 1899/152


Citing this Record
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-DHTQ : 4 January 2018), Moses Tilston, 1899; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1899/152, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

Rose

I did see that one in New Zealand but I cannot find any record of him travelling there

EDIT: No, ignore this post - you're right, the Moses in the asylum isn't your man.



Looking at the Moses in the asylum in 1917 - bearing in mind the mental health problems suffered by other members of (presumably) the same family per your other thread:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1382420


He wasn't in West Ham. That 's a mistranscription on Ancestry.

The image says he was in "Whittm" asylum - presumably Whittingham, which was near Preston:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittingham_Hospital


Not that it necessarily means anything. Kyffin Evans in your other thread was in several asylums in various places around the country.

It's a pity no age is given on the asylum record.

EDIT:
BUT, the only death for that name in 1917 is this man, who was born c1852 - so not your Moses, as you'd already worked out!

Deaths Sep 1917 (>99%)
Tilston Moses 65 Preston 8e 503

Tricky little devil this one ;-) :-D

The absence of an online record for travel doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. Take into account the dates of the available records

This may (or may not) be the same NZ death:

Moses Tilston
in the New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966
Name: Moses Tilston
Death Date: Jan-Feb-Mar 1899
Registration Place: Napier, Auckland, New Zealand
Folio Number: 204


This probably relates:

Moses Tilston
in the New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
Name: Moses Tilston
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1890
District: Napier
Region or Province: Hawke's Bay

He's a gardener.

Only heads of households seem to be listed, unfortunately.

I have emailed the Library in New Zealand that holds the records to see if they have any further information.
Thanks everyone for your much appreciated input so now I wait with bated breath

Moses Tilston of Napier is included in this list of "contributors" to Napier Hospital in 1887:

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18870108.2.22.3

Thanks for the newspaper clipping Argyll Gran. Does anyone Know if is it possible to purchase Death Certificates from NZ please

Instructions here:

https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/

I assume you can order from abroad.

Thank you I will look into that

Thank you again everyone you have been so helpful. I have made contact with the National Library in New Zealand and we have found him travelling to Auckland and residing there as per the death record above
Keep well everyone :-)