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From: "MaryH" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Re: Fathers names on birth records
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 19:11:52 +0100
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> <humour>
> Whereas of course, in the late 20th and 21st centuries, men are seen
> as an attachment to women and are used only when absolutely necessary.
> :-)

Hi Geoff,
<humour>
On no! Who else would get to buy a new dipstick for the car when the old one
does not reach the oil anymore! :-)

Not in the eyes of the GRO - these descriptions are still used on death
certs today, although a womans occupation will also be stated.

At a lecture from a GRO manager, he stated that perhaps is was about time
they came into the 21st century and also added details of spouses on a mans
death certificate - as a family historian that would be SO useful, if only
they had done it 150 years ago.
Regards
Mary Hallett - West Sussex
Visit my Website at www.fourbearsuk.homestead.com
Researching -MILLS, HUMBLE, HICKS, HALLETT
BARKAS - one name study
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff" <>
To: <>
Sent: 04 October 2000 07:28
Subject: Re: [UK-W&H] Re: Fathers names on birth records


>
> >As an additional point, on death certificates women are always described
as
> >wife or widow of their husband and an unmarried woman as daughter of her
> >father - it is very unusual to find a woman given an occupation on a 19th
> >century death certificate. Its as if men existed in their own right but a
> >woman only existed as an attachment to a male, husband or father - which
of
> >course was the prevailing attitude in the 19th and early 20th century.
>
>
> Geoff
> (also in West Sussex)
>
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