Genealogy Chat

My gggg grandfather died from diarrhea exhaustion. I have pictures in my head of him being found dead on the toilet!

Lyla, I can't belive that this thread is still going - Its fantastic!! Even weeks after it started I'm still constantly amused by 'deaths' I have never heard of! Thank you for starting such an amusing thread! Sam

Sheila Drowned by bathing? Thats obviously why us Brits are reluctant to wash ourselves (according to most Antipodeans in any case). I have just ordered five....yes five.....death certs. Let's hope one of those is amusing enough to post here! Lyla

oh lots of interesting ones on this disc Bowel Hives?? Violent Gravel Frailties that commonly attend that advanced age - 75 Of long distress Drowned while bathing Burnt Worn out Killed - by mother (child murder) Up throwing of blood Putrid sore throat - lad in his prime second paralytic shock - old maid Bodily affliction and paralytic shock

All my 'deaths' are so boring compared to these.... I have been watching this thread from the early days and still live in hope of being able to post something of interest. Lets keep it going :)

just been looking through the death indexes for Fife on old parish records andfound this one: 20 Jul 1654 - David Young a servant : Died from alcohol & exposure - at Cameron-bridge; buried Wemyss Hm still trying to work that one out - was he exposing himself when he was struck by a visitation from God???? lol

Heather LOL> Glad there's more python fans out there. Pat x

The "Hell's Grannies" sketch?

Christina, Visions of a monty python sketch again, I can see the whole python team walking after the little blighter with handbags raised (all the bags with bricks in), oops I'm being very naughty LOL> Its really good you can laugh about it. Pat x

One of my husbands rellies died of Cancer of the tongue.... being accellorated by falling downstairs !!! :~ G xxx

Are you sure she wasnt just truncating an expletive???

Angela, my mother in law was from Hull. She always used to say "You'll get king cough" if our kids sat on a cold step or went out without a coat. We're amazed to find it really existed as chincough! We thought it was just her own saying. Anne

Do you know I nearly didnt post it because I thought the subject matter might upset a few people! Glad I did and very proud!

Lyla, You should be proud to have your name as creator of this thread, its been a great source of amusement, and sometimes we all need amusement. Our poor Ancestors, little did they know we would be having light relief at their expense!!! better at their expense than ours.... Just wanted to thank you Lyla and ask what would be next!!! Love Pat x

I wonder what he was doing in a cart full of feathers and Blimey, Marjorie, drinking boiling water and refusing to get out of ditches, bet strangers kept well clear of that village. Yes, like you say, the dramatic deaths are remembered in the family. I had a great great uncle who dived into the Thames and drowned tangled in weeds. Everyone in the family brings it up every time you tell them you are doing the family tree. We will all have to bear that in mind when our time is coming up. Bet the poor devil with the runs doesnt get remembered that well.

Ive just read right through this thread and seen the bit about gravestones. My brother SWEARS he has seen these two: Told You I was Ill and on the stone of a maiden lady, Returned Unopened. Keep em coming, Im in hysterics here.

Marion Haha haha!

Oh, how about "suffocated in a cart full of feathers" "drank boiling water from a kettle" "fell in ditch and refused to get out". All these I spotted on ONE page of deaths from a parish near me..... On the totally opposite side of the coin, how about the poor parish priest in Isle of Man, who doggedly recorded a page and a half of burial services, one after the other ..."Known to God..a human leg" "known to God..three human toes" etc etc, I was almost sick! This same lovely, lovely man, who was parish priest for about 29 years, never once recorded an illegitimate birth, instead, where the father's name should go, he wrote "known to God". My cynical brother said, good job he didnt write "God Knows"

found out my gt grandad drowned in a sheep dip funnily enough hes the one everybody remembers, strange what you have to do to be remembered keith

Marion, LOL its cruel to laugh isnt it....LOL> Pat x