Is anybody any good at reading the handwriting on old death certificates? What does this say?

[EightMonthsScared]

The first word is obvious but we are stumped by the next two words?

What do we think MN? 🤔

It was 1901 if this helps your thinking?

Looks like you might already have sussed if but any chance of posting a pic of the full cert if you're still not sure? It helps to look at the letter style with other words to figure out what letters might have been written 😊

Not such clear cursive after all then

Not such clear cursive after all then

😂

I'm late to the party, but very glad it was solved. I love historical documents like this. Well done, everybody!

The 1901 census does not give the names or locations of employers, just the kind of work undertaken. Thus it is extremely unlikely to be Elswick Works. (And it clearly says Electrical anyway…)

Might the census not differ from individual death certificates, though?

Is/was there anything stating that they had to match?

It's a death certificate though, not a 1901 census entry, so it would have more detailed information.

Labourer
Electrick
Works
There is a spelling error at end of electric.
If you look both are letter K at the y end. Fairly common

Those of you saying Electrical/Electrick still what is the little notch between the C and T then? It’s quite clearly (now anyway) Elswick especially as OP has confirmed he came from Newcastle.

The 3rd letter in the second word is an S. That's how they were written in that style. It's a fancy loopy capital E, then an L, then an S. so no, it's not electric or electrical, and very clearly ends in CK.

Yes. We were taught 'proper' cursive at school, I still use it for some letters, and it's Elswick, not Electrical. The fact he was from Newcastle ties in perfectly.

Definitely Labourer [something] Works, but I can't make the middle word say 'electrical'.

You are very sure of yourself and yet embarrassingly for you, probably wrong. Very unlikely to be electrical works in 1901. Much more likely Elswick Works in Newcastle

Have a look at the 1901 census and see if it helps. I spent a good few years pondering whatever my g-gfather did as a Cold Man. Finally dawned on me the transcriber had misread Cow Man. Much better.

I can't make it say Elswick, either, And I don't think the certificate would specify an individual employer. (I appreciate that posts saying what the word isn't aren't very helpful (unless you get enough posts to eliminate every word in the English language except the correct one)

This whole thing is a capital E. the small curl at the bottom is just how they transitioned to the next letter

'Electricle' rather than 'electrical'. It is a common mis-spelling in the past.

Yes this. It wouldn't be electrical in 1901.

Only 6% of homes had electricity by 1920. Unlikely to be Electrical Works!

The third letter is an s not an e, and the word ends ck. We used to spend hours learning to write like this at school, each letter had to be formed between three lines and at no point were you allowed to take your fountain pen off the paper - hence all the loops.

The nearest I can find is this:

For anyone not so familiar with cursive, this might help. I've traced over each letter in a different colour. You might have to zoom in to see properly.

this is what i see;
possibly electrick spelling.

also why documents should only be folded vertically, if at all.
much easier to decipher one letter than a whole line.

most was used by industry.
what about the london underground, eg .

the last word could be a local place name, or company name.