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   Peter Johnson to NemoNews@hotmail.co.uk   
   Re: Comparing Death records   
   14 Aug 22 17:50:21   
   
   From: peter@parksidewood.nospam   
      
   On Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:49:18 +0100, Jenny M Benson   
    wrote:   
      
   >I have the Death Certificate of Susan Cooper who died of Chronic   
   >Dysentery on 17 January 1838 in St Luke's Workhouse, Hoxton New Town.   
   >She is described as a "Pauper"GED 39 and the death was registered on 19   
   >January by the Master of the Workhouse.   
   >   
   >I also have an image from the Burial Register of St Luke's Old Street   
   >which shows the burial of Susanna Cooper of Playhouse Yard, aged 39, on   
   >28 January 1838.   
   >   
   >Is it reasonable to assume that these records relate to the same person?   
   >  I cannot find another Death Registration or Burial record to fit.  I   
   >believe that at least the Burial is of my relative Susanna Fransham,   
   >wife of William Edward Cooper who was also buried at St Luke's in 1838.   
      
   It would be very unusual in 1838 for there to be such a long gap   
   between death and burial, although January in 1838 (and until recent   
   times) would have been cold enough to freeze the corpse.   
      
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