General Chat

I received the death certificate today for my wife's great grandmother.
She died in 1926 after being knocked down by a motorbike.

Her great grandfather on the other side of the family died in 1928 after being knocked off his cycle by a car.

(Another relation of hers died in 1994 after being knocked down by a motorcycle.)

But having two great grandparents (or two out of my mother in law's four grandparents) both dying from separate road accidents within two years and half a mile of each other must be pretty unique !

What a coincidence.
I haven't found any accidents in our family.

Most of ours so far seem to have died of things like pneumonia or bronchitis.

Gwyn

Wow! Brian. A shocker of a coincidence.

Will I be the first to have the bad taste to say "Well, well, well"?

*groans at self*

In another spooky co-incidence, after getting the death certificate for 1926, I got a copy of the inquest report which revealed that one of her sons had been killed in Belgium exactly eleven years before, to the day.

But furthermore, when I located his death record on CWGC and Ancestry, his service number matched the security code on our car which we bought in 1999.

Hi Brian,

How Spooky.!!!
Sometimes if you look into something you can see a possible explanation.
Maybe the lady knocked down by motor bike was preoccupied thinking of her son resulting in the sad events.
I dont mean it was her fault.
On the whole though, I think you should be careful ........!!!!!!!


Sue

My 3 x great grandparents were run over by a Coach and Four in 1808. The note made by the Clergyman who took their funeral states-
'They were on their horse and cart(being farmers) and 15 miles out of Romford Market, a Coach and Four passed by with shouting and noises, and their horse bolted, throwing them out, the Coach ran over them, killing him outright, and she lived a couple of hours'

My OH said - Road Rage in those days as well.


Mo

my husband's maternal grandparents died on the same day and month 9 years apart