Death register question

[AInightingale]

Trying to establish whether a person on the Irish death records for the 1890s is part of the family I'm researching. He is meant to have died in 1890 at the age of 17 and I'm trying to verify this. Age is a little bit out, name is sic (but it's a name that has two spellings anyway), townland (very remote rural area) is correct, but the informant, as far as I can read the absolutely appalling scrawl of the registrar, could only be one of his two brothers (it's either a C or an E), and at that time they were only thirteen and eleven! Was there a requirement for an informant to be of a certain age? I know they 'grew up quick' in those days, but this is really a bit unfeasible.

I don't think the relevant legislation specified a minimum age for an information so I suppose it's feasible a younger sibling could do it in certain circumstances. Happy to be a fresh pair of eyes on the scrawl if needed!

There is no minimum registration age. In 1890 in Ireland school attendance was not compulsory and many 12 year olds would be expected to work. Do you have a cause of death? Might also be worth checking parish records.

Does this work? I remember trying this before and the image wouldn't upload.

Can see your image.

Ah, I did a little dig online and see why it's tricky with the variety of spellings of the surname & a mistranscription of it on the website too.

Do you think his father is George? If so, there's some good info via the birth cert for your guy, marriage cert for George (beatty spelling) & the 1901 census.

Arthur B. is definitely the son of George and Jane Beatty yes, I'm just going through their children and trying to establish marriage/death details, and wondering if this Arthur who died at 17 is 'my' Arthur. The townland (that horrible scrawl in columns 1&8) is where the kids were all born and a tiny little place, so it's likely to be him, just a bit thrown by the informant being so young!

If it’s of any help the brothers initial is E. It fits with the e at the end of Beattie and it very different to the C in certified

George & Jane seem to have had two boys before Arthur so they would have been young adults in 1890 (if still alive), but the initial doesn't look like a match for either.

Good spot @Psithurism. I am also inclined to think E for Edward, who was an eleven year old boy! Very odd.
Doesn't look like a J or W @3girlsmama I agree.
Hope there isn't some phantom bro somewhere whose birth wasn't registered.

The older ones I saw were a W & an R, no help there! Best of luck with the research :)