Death certificate

Redpunto

Hi there

I have been contacted by the solicitor that there is an error on my grandfathers death certificate. its states he is married as opposed to being a widower.

I have tried ringing Lombard street countless times but to no avail. I will probably have to go into them but would anybody know the documentation I would have to bring to try and resolve this as quickly as possible? I have my grandmothers death certificate so I can bring that in. Would there be any other supporting documentation I would need?

Thanks

stringy

Redpunto wrote: »

Hi there

I have been contacted by the solicitor that there is an error on my grandfathers will. its states he is married as opposed to being a widower.

I have tried ringing Lombard street countless times but to no avail. I will probably have to go into them but would anybody know the documentation I would have to bring to try and resolve this as quickly as possible? I have my grandmothers death certificate so I can bring that in. Would there be any other supporting documentation I would need?

Thanks

I'd probably get a new solicitor. Wills can be drafted many years ago, and it may have been the case that your grandfather was married when he executed it, and then your grandmother predeceased him (very common). I'm not sure what difficulty it should cause, but an error in the will isn't fatal to its validity.

Redpunto

Apologies - my thread was supposed to the error in his Death CERTIFICATE - not the will :rolleyes:

Pat Mustard

You could email them at office@birthsdeathsmarriages.ie and ask them.

I suppose that if you sent them your grandparents' marriage cert and both death certificates, you could ask them to correct the error.

The marriage certificate will show that they had been married and the dates on the death certs will be evidence that your grandfather survived your grandmother, that your grandfather died a widower.

If you don't have their marriage certificate you should be able to take up a copy of it from here.

Peregrinus

Pat Mustard wrote: »

You could email them at office@birthsdeathsmarriages.ie and ask them.

I suppose that if you sent them your grandparents' marriage cert and both death certificates, you could ask them to correct the error.

The marriage certificate will show that they had been married and the dates on the death certs will be evidence that your grandfather survived your grandmother, that your grandfather died a widower.

If you don't have their marriage certificate you should be able to take up a copy of it from here.

No. The death certificate of the first wife doesn't prove that he didn't remarry.

There will be a procedure for correcting errors in registration but (a) I have no idea what it is, and (b) it's likely to be a fairly rigorous procedure, requiring a bit more than an "Oh! I made a mistake!" e-mail. The OP needs to contact the General Register Office to find out what that procedure is.

Redpunto

Thanks for the replies guys, after trying all morning I managed to get hold of someone in the register of births and deaths who transferred me to a voicemail and u know I'll never get a phone call back,,! I have the marriage cert and both sets of death certs , I wish I could try and find out what the procedure is,

Redpunto

Pat Mustard wrote: »

You could email them at office@birthsdeathsmarriages.ie and ask them.

I suppose that if you sent them your grandparents' marriage cert and both death certificates, you could ask them to correct the error.

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I emailed them last week but haven't received a response yet! Looks like I'll be taking a morning off to call into Lombard street!!

Pat Mustard

Redpunto wrote: »

I emailed them last week but haven't received a response yet! Looks like I'll be taking a morning off to call into Lombard street!!

Well the postal strike is over now so you could send them a letter rather than lose half a day.

NUTLEY BOY

AFAIK they are really sticky about alterations to official documents like a death certificate. I fully expect that they will direct you to instruct a solicitor to deal with them.

Carawaystick

Who registered the death?

Redpunto

Carawaystick wrote: »

Who registered the death?

It was myself who registered the death - I cannot say for sure whether it was a clerical error or mine.

When I went to first register the death I was informed that the GP has put the wrong date on the DNF so myself and my sprog headed back to the nursing home where he had died a few days previous to get the form amended - We were both emotionally frazzled by the time we got back to the Registrar so the error could possibly have been mine.

Sala

Go in and bring all the documentation you have and ask them what to do. The staff are actually really nice and helpful in that office, so if you can't get them on the phone that's the best course of action