Genealogists- does a death cert have details of maiden/ previous surnames?

[evenhope]

Anyone know what personal/ ID details would be on a death cert for a woman married at least twice? Would it have her maiden name/ former married name?

I've just taken a quick look at my great grandmother's death certificate. It has the address at which she died, the date on which she died, her name and surname at death, her sex, her age, her occupation is given as "Widow of x, x's occupation", the cause of death, and the signature, description and residence of the informant (daughter's name,daughter, address, present at the death), and the date of registration.

So it probably wouldn't have her maiden name, but if you chased back to her previous marriage certificate using her husband's name, you'd get her name before that marriage, and so on. The informant could be useful if a son or an unmarried daughter by a previous marriage. It's probably going to be a bit of a paperchase getting to her maiden name, which could be expensive at £7 a certificate though.

Have a look at the GRO site, Information recorded on death certificates

Evenhope - the honest answer is that it depends on the informant.

I used to register births and deaths and (although it's some years ago) we normally asked the question whether the deceased was ever known by any other name. Some relatives give loads of info - some don't either because they don't know or don't want things included.

Sorry - the maiden name should be on a modern cert - after 1969, but not necessarily all the married names.

Thanks for these replies. I've been trying to find one particular ancestor with a really common name and hoped I'd found a way around a dead-end. Doesn't sound like it will be much use.

If it's Jones, you have my heartfelt sympathies . Could you look at the problem from a different angle, perhaps the area she came from might be helpful. There's a new (well, I only found it the other night) site that helps people find ancestors in particular villages - here's a link.

Sadly they are from Sheffield rather than a village, so makes it a bit harder. Surname is Taylor- not as bad as Jones but incredibly common