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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 9,491 Send Message	ZZzzz	Report	15 Jul 2020 19:19
	Does it mean you were at their bedside or just in the house at the time whether you lived there or visiting?
	Researching: Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 1,205 Send Message	JustGinnie	Report	15 Jul 2020 19:49
	I have always thought it meant in the same room when the person died .
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 25,252 Send Message	Gwyn in Kent	Report	16 Jul 2020 16:41
	I'm with JustGinnie. I thought it meant that the person notifying the registrar was with the deceased at the time of death.
Member Since: May 2014 Posts: 8,229 Send Message	David	Report	16 Jul 2020 17:10
	I've always thought it meant exactly what it said. I was present at the death of my Mother and my Mother in law.
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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 7,283 Send Message	kandj	Report	16 Jul 2020 18:19
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 7,283 Send Message	Have to agree with others and my thoughts are that the person present was in the room at the time of the passing.