BARNETT - Surrey/Dorset

[Mhilsden]

Hi there.

I am stuck with a couple of my Barnett ancestors. First one.

William Barnett, b.abt 1885, Betchworth, Surrey. Moved to Bedfordshire, had one son, born in Pavenham, Beds, in 1915, Rainald (my grandfather) and then moved to Dorset, and second son, Derrick J, b.1921 in Bridport, Dorset.

From family telling, William lived his latter life in Dorset, working for a man named Capper Pass, and he worked as head gardener in a Manor House, in Wootton Fitzpaine. There are strange stories about his death, and to my frustration, I cannot find his death reg anywhere, nor that of his wife, Lucy Frances, nor of his son, Derrick. I have found the death reg of Derrick's wife, Dorothy, she died in 2001, in Yeovil, Somerset.

Can anyone help me?|help|

[bumblebee]

There is this death registration, Derek Barnett, Birth Date: 9 Oct 1921, Feb 2003, Stoke On Trent. Could someone have misspelled his first name. Who registered his wife's death, does it say widow of?

Bumblebee

[Mhilsden]

Thanks, Bumblebee...I don't know about his wife, I haven't ordered that death cert yet.
The date would fit...just the spelling...is it possible then that someone could have spelled his name wrong? He was registered by Derrick, and I have a business card of his, and he spells it Derrick himself.

[bumblebee]

Hi

I would send for Dorothy's death certificate if you can, at least it should say if she was wife of or Widow of.

Do you know if the above birth date on the death registration tallies with Derrick's, if so it may be that whoever registered the death did not know how to spell his name correctly.

Bumblebee

[Mhilsden]

Hi

I would send for Dorothy's death certificate if you can, at least it should say if she was wife of or Widow of.

Do you know if the above birth date on the death registration tallies with Derrick's, if so it may be that whoever registered the death did not know how to spell his name correctly.

Bumblebee

I think I will send for Dorothy's death cert...I'll do that once I've got my kiddies to bed...!

I only have a birth reg for Derrick, and it was in the qtr of Oct/Nov/Dec, so it could be the right one. I have spoken to my mum (Derrick would be her uncle) and it is possible that he may still be alive. He had 2 daughters, neither of whom I have been able to find. I suppose I'll know more once I get Dorothy's death cert.