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I am trying to find record of the death of James Parker who died sometime in the early 1950's, he lived at Stanley, County Durham. I would have thought that the register office would be Durham N W but I can't find any record.
Any help would be appreciated.

how old would he have been?

Good Question Victoria, I'm guessing about 80. I can't find his birth or marriage. His Daughter was Edith Rosina Parker, who married my uncle Leslie Bennett in 1944 I've just received the marriage cert. Edith birth reg Lanchester, 10a,688 Jan-march 1915 shows mothers maiden name as STOKES.
I'm mystified.

outside chance in 1881

Name: James Parker
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Alexander
Mother's Name: Agnes
Gender: Male
Where born: Tantobie, Durham, England

Civil Parish: Conside and Knitsley and Medomsley
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street address: Front St
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Lanchester
Sub registration district: Lanchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Alexander Parker 36
Agnes Parker 36
Elizabeth Parker 14
James Parker 12
Agnes Parker 4





Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 4945; Folio: 131; Page: 8; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342189.

Alan on the wirral
I think you've got it spot on, I knew James when I was a small child, he used to tell me stories about TANTOBIE, so it's too much of a coincidence for it not to be him. Thanks very much for your help, now please tell me how you did it, the source citation at the bottom of your reply refers to what?
I'm a novice at geneology, I subscribe to this site & the 1911 census site, is there anything else I could do to make searching easier. Is it possible to get a sight of the 1951 census?. The majority of my family were from Derbyshire.
Thanks once again for you invaluble help, when I saw Tantobie on your reply I have to confess it brought a tear to my eye.
Cheers, Keith

You need to bookmark FreeBMD which is free site for Births marriages and deaths,. Plus Family search site which has parish records and a free access to the 1881 census
Genes is very expensive to search on and doesnt actually hold records ,it directs you to other sites that have the records and you can find pre 1920 BMDS anyway Free on Free BMD.
From Freebmd this could be the marriage. the records at that time had two couples per ref so you would have to purchase the marriage cert to be sure which bride married which groom.
It is sometimes possible to eliminate by finding the male on the next census and see what his wife's christian name is there fore knowing which bride it was ,Doesn't work tho if both have the same Christian name.

Marriages Dec 1895

Howe Annie Margaret Bristol 6a 106
Parker James Bristol 6a 106
Seavell Ernest Henry Bristol 6a 106
Stokes Ada Emily Bristol 6a 106

This may not be correct if your James lived all his life in the Durham area

Shirley mentions FreeBMD, which is an incomplete transcription of the GRO index, and contains the info you need to buy a cert from them for 7 GBP and avoid any search fees. You can also buy a cert from the local RO (local to where the registered event occurred). Some local ROs, particularly in DUR, have their own indices online, at least partially; see:
http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/
These local indices usually sort out who married whom on a page that has two or more certs in the GRO registers.

There's a general 100 year closure on censuses (although there's a slight relaxation for 1911). Closure exceptions are made, but I don't for what, and in any case, they're not at all cheap.

The census citation: the first element RG11 is the PRO # for the 1881 census - the next is a piece # which identifies a local area for that census - the last is the page # in the actual enumeration book, and the 3rd element is a folio # which was stamped sequentially on every odd page in a piece (and also applies to the following even page#). Since a piece contains several enumeration districts, and thus several page 7's, say, the folio # provides one way of distinguishing which page 7 is meant.

You can search the 1881 census transcriptions at:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
under "advanced search". They present the data in a slightly different way from Alan. E.g.,
Source Information:
Dwelling Front St
Census Place Conside & Knitsley & Medomsley, Durham, England
Family History Library Film 1342189
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4945 / 131
Page Number 8

At the same site, you can also access the IGI. A search turns up:

Results for: England, British Isles
Father: Alexander Parker, Mother: Agnes
Exact Spelling: Off

International Genealogical Index / British Isles - 2
Select records to download - (50 maximum)
1. ROBERT PARKER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 26 DEC 1865

2. ROBERT PARKER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 03 JAN 1866 Tanfield, Durham, England

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record.

Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
P000822 1861 - 1863 0091139 Film 6904980 Film
P000822 1861 - 1863 0091139 Film NONE
Sheet: 00

Clicking on the Source call # link shows this info was extracted from:
Title Parish registers for Tanfield, 1710-1948
Authors Church of England. Chapelry of Tanfield (Durham) (Main Author)

Notes Microfilm of original records at the Tanfield Record Office.
Tanfield is a chapelry in the parish of Chester-le Street.

We can also access the record search pilot at this site, which has the Durham bishops transcripts (unindexed, images only - the BTs are the church's backup copy of the OPRs = old parish registers), but Tanfield only goes up to 1844.

We could also look up Tantobie (spelled Tantoby by Lewis 1848) at:
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445

Initially, I thought Shirley stuffed up with that marr, but now I'm convinced that I was stuffing up.


1901 England Census
Civil Parish: Stanley
Ecclesiastical parish: Beamish St Andrew
Town: Stanley
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address: 5 Railway Ter
Registration district: Lanchester
Sub registration district: Tanfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 59

William Morgan 53 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Head M Coal Miner Stonemason
Jane H Morgan 45 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Wife M
John Morgan 23 Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England Son S Coal Miner Hewer
Albert O Morgan 16 Ouston, Durham, England Son S Cooperative Society Warehouseman
Eliza A Morgan 15 Stanley, Durham, England Daughter S
Arthur S Morgan 13 Stanley, Durham, England Son S Grocers Errand Boy
Emily J Morgan 11 Stanley, Durham, England Daughter
Lilly B Morgan 10 Stanley, Durham, England Daughter
Frederick W Morgan 8 Stanley, Durham, England Son
James Parker 28 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Son-in-law M District Council Labourer (Road Lab)
Ada E Parker 24 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Daughter M
Ernest J Parker 3 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Grandson
Millicent A Parker 2 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Granddaughter
Sidney D Parker 1 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Grandson
Reginald J Parker 5 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Grandson

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 4664; Folio: 147; Page: 14.



1891 England Census
Civil Parish: Lanchester
Ecclesiastical parish: Holmside St Johns
Town: South Moor
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street address: 26 Pine St
Registration district: Lanchester
Sub registration district: Lanchester
ED, institution, or vessel: 8

William Morgan 43 East Dene, Gloucestershire, England Head M Coal Miner
Eliza A Morgan 37 East Dene, Gloucestershire, England Wife M
John Morgan 13 East Dene, Gloucestershire, England Son Coal Miner
Wilson Morgan 11 Earsdon, Northamptonshire, England Son Scholar
Henry Morgan 10 Earsdon, Northamptonshire, England Son Scholar
Albert Morgan 6 Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England Son Scholar
Eliza A Morgan 5 Tanfield, Durham, England Daughter Scholar
Arthur Morgan 3 Tanfield, Durham, England Son
Emily J Morgan 1 Tanfield, Durham, England Daughter
Lilley B Morgan 3/12 Tanfield, Durham, England Daughter
Thomas Emms 22 Nk, Norfolk, England Lodger S Colliery Labourer

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 4095; Folio 34; Page 13-14; GSU roll: 6099205.


Births Mar 1891 (>99%)
Morgan Lilly Blanch Lanchester 10a 346

Deaths Mar 1897 (>99%)
Morgan Eliza Ann 44 Lanchester 10a 167

Marriages Mar 1899 (>99%)
Bain Edward Lanchester 10a 434
Morgan William Lanchester 10a 434
Stokes Jane Hannah Lanchester 10a 434

Details of your chosen Marriage certificate (including spouse) are as follows:
Surname Forename(s) Year District
MORGAN William 1899 Durham Northern
MORGAN Jane H 1899 Durham Northern
STOKES Jane H 1899 Durham Northern
Register No. - Entry No. - District
DNRLAN38 - 191 - Durham Northern (1899)
[Looks like a register attended marr (i.e., RC in 1899) or register office marr to me]



1891 England Census
Civil Parish: The United Parishes of St James and St Paul
Ecclesiastical parish: St Barnabas
Town: Bristol
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street address: 22 Ashfield Pl
Registration district: Barton Regis
Sub registration district: Ashley
ED, institution, or vessel: 9

Jane H Stokes 35 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Head M Office Cleaning
Ada E Stokes 14 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Nursemaid
Ethel A B Stokes 11 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Scholar
Beatrice M Stokes 9 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Scholar
Alice Clark 22 Bolton, Lancashire, England Visitor S Domestic Servant Cook
May Clark 1/12 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Visitor

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1971; Folio 33; Page 21; GSU roll: 6097081.



1881 England Census
Civil Parish: Westbury On Trym
County/Island: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Street address: 1 Portland Court
Registration district: Barton Regis
Sub registration district: Westbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 1

Harry Stokes 25 Chiltern, Wiltshire, England Head M Brewers Labourer
Jane H. Stokes 25 Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England Wife M
Ada Stokes 4 Bristol Daughter Scholar
Ethel Stokes 1 Bristol Daughter

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2502; Folio: 18; Page: 32; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341603.


Marriages Dec 1875 (>99%)
DUNN Hannah Clifton 6a 361
JONES William Clifton 6a 361
Morgan Jane Hannah Clifton 6a 361
STOKES Harry Clifton 6a 361

Thanks to all of you for the help, I'm not sure that I understand all the info yet, maybe it will be clearer in the morning.

I still don't understand why I can't find a death reg for James Parker Whom I'm fairly certain died in the early 50s, aged 80+

Cheers, Keith

The RO would be Durham N now, not Durham NW.

I've just realized no one's answered your initial query about the death certificate. What you need to see is the index for the 1950s - this isn't on FreeBMD as their d.images only go up to 1935, and their transcriptions are not complete up to then. They are available on Ancestry, and at LDS FHCs, some libraries, and all ROs, as well as most county Rec Offices. You'ld have to go thru these images, quarter by quarter, until you found the entry you were after. You can "find" an LDS FHC in the centre col of:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
and the rest you can google. Your first choice should be to ask what's at your local library, as this is probably the most convenient.

I can't find anything in Durham from 1950-1970 (all districts)

could he have died earlier or elsewhere - where were his kifds living at the time?

He was living with his daughter & son in law at the time of his death, Beamish st Stanley Co Durham, whether he in fact died at that address or in hospital (which may have been in Northumberland) I don't know & the offspring above who were childless are long gone.
I will try the other options suggested by mgnv
Thanks to all

Keith,....................did you get my personal message ?