From: rail@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   On 14/08/2022 17:50, Peter Johnson wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   That was my thought, especially for a pauper. A quick burial in an   
   unmarked grave and probably not the only occupant of the grave,   
   especially at that time of year. Whether or not the burial was properly   
   registered would depend on how conscientious the cleric (or his clerk) was.   
      
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