Death Certificate Informant is the Coroner

[alanwalker14]

I have a death certificate from 1883 that states that the signature , description and residence of informant is the Coroner of Liverpool "?.?. Driffield Deputy or something along those lines. The inquest was carried out two days after death with a verdict of natural causes. I was expecting the spouse to have reported the death but he may well have been at sea. Would this have been standard practice to fill this part of the certificate with the coroner's details if the spouse was away or was it because she was only 42 and her death was suspicious?

[MaryA]

I believe your question contains the answer - an Inquest was carried out, and I believe this would mean that the Coroner would sign the certificate.

Have you checked the old newspapers for an entry? however, as the result was natural causes, it may not have been very newsworthy.

[Blue70]

Unfortunately the coroners' records from that time have not survived. Here is the information I use to determine what records are available for those deaths or burials that mentioned the Coroner:-




(Source: Information Leaflet 10)



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