Dr Sydney Rutherford

[hitch37]

My Uncle Syd was knocked down by a vehicle in France in August 1976. Where would I find any announcement of his death. His home was in Dorset near Weymouth.

Hitch 37

[notanotherminer]

HI hitch 37 and welcome to Brit-Gen

It's quite likely that there would have been an article in the local newspaper(s) which would have contained an account of the incident, especially if he was a local doctor.

Someone with local knowledge should be able to assist with the names of local publications and location of their archive material. To assist with that I have moved your thread to the Dorset Forum where it will hopefully attract the attention of our Dorset members

[olliecat]

My Uncle Syd was knocked down by a vehicle in France in August 1976. Where would I find any announcement of his death. His home was in Dorset near Weymouth.

Hi hitch37 and welcome.

Is this your uncle?

www.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1687400/pdf/brmedj00526-0067.pdf

There is a matching death listed in the GRO Indices. However, I thought I'd check with you first, since you say he died in August, but the Sydney Rutherford in the obituary above died in May.

[hitch37]

Hi Olliecat,

He is my Uncle but it maybe there's an incorrect date in my notebook re the month of his death. It was 1976

Thanks for your suggestion

Hitch 37

[hitch37]

Thanks. I look forward to hearing more

Hitch 37

[olliecat]

Thanks. I look forward to hearing more

I didn't find anything else relating to the details of his death, apart from the obituary which I gave you a link for in post #3. I thought you may want the GRO index details, in case you ever decided to order his death certificate.

RUTHERFORD, Sydney Tilson
Post: Paris
Country: France
Year: 1976
Volume: C
Page: 121
Age 70
GRO Death Abroad Indices (1966 to 1994)

I came across a couple of other tidbits, which you may have seen already. Here he is age 5 with his parents in the 1911 ireland census...

www.
census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Athlone_West_Urban/Goldsmith_Terrace/876638/

There is a also a transcription of the baptism of one his children at Firbeck, on this site here...

www.
genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Transcriptions/WRY/FirbeckBaptisms1920-1949.html

[hitch37]

Hi Ollie,

Thanks for your reply.I am having difficulty in opening the link. Can you advise?

H

[olliecat]

Hi Ollie,

Thanks for your reply.I am having difficulty in opening the link. Can you advise?

Hi Hitch, that could be because the links I have posted on this thread have been split into two lines. I.e.

www.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1687400/pdf/brmedj00526-0067.pdf

The reason for splitting the link over two lines is to prevent it from becoming clickable. This is just to be on the safe side, since posting direct clickable links to sites with advertising is not allowed on this forum. You shouldn't have any problems if you join the two lines together; the www. with ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1687400/pdf/brmedj00526-0067.pdf

However, since the link to the obituary goes straight to a PDF I don't really need to split it. So here it below as full clickable link...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...00526-0067.pdf