Mary Jane Hockin (1862-1863)

Individual Events and Attributes

1863, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Mary Jane Hockin

Birth:
Oct 1862
Newquay, Cornwall¹
Death:
27 Jan 1863 (age 0)
St Columb Minor, Cornwall² ³
Cause: a decline

Address: Newquay

Mary was only three months old and died some two months before her mother Sarah Jane. The cause of both deaths is given as a decline which were not certified indicating that neither the mother or the daughter recovered from the trauma of childbirth and were not attended by a doctor. Sarah's death was registered by her grandmother Sarah Osborne who also registered her daughter's death at the same time. The register entries for both deaths bear consecutive numbers. Sarah Osborne must have been devastated by the loss of a both her granddaughter and the daughter who had borne her within such a short space of time.
Burial:
29 Jan 1863 (age 3 mns)
St Columba's Graveyard⁴
Address: St Columb Minor, Cornwall

Her father would probably have been present but is unlikely that her mother who was ill and died shortly afterwards would have attended. Who else was there is not known.
Death Registration:
13 Mar 1863
the Register Office⁵
Address: St Columb Major, Cornwall

Sarah also reported the death of her daughter Sarsh Jane Hockin who was Mary's mother at the same time.

1.: General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Mary Jane Hockin, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Births 1862 Q4 St Columb Vol. 5c, Page 117; Cit. Date: Q4 1862. General Register Office.

2.: General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Sarah Jane Hockin, (By General Register Office on 18 Jan 2005 in response to Application COL492595). Custom Id: DYA 532535; Cit. Date: 27 January 1863. Pat Ward.

3.: CRI(E&W) for Death of Mary Jane Hockin, Event Type: Death, Name Of Person: Mary Jane Hockin, Registration District: St Columb, Volume: 5c, Page: 87, (Period, Jan - Mar 1863). The death registration for her mother Sarah Jane Hockin appears just below Mary's entry. General Register Office.

4.: Parish Register for Burial of Mary Jane Hockin, St Columba, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, 29 January 1863, Cornwall County Records Office.

5.: General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Death for Sarah Jane Hockin, (By General Register Office on 18 Jan 2005 in response to Application COL492595). Custom Id: DYA 532535; Date Registered. Cit. Date: 13 March 1863. Pat Ward.