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- Death certificate gives his age at death as 42 which confirms his birth year as 1809 as stated on the 1841 census.Information from death certificate: Registrar District Cockermouth.Died Twelfth February 1851 Standingstone (14) Great Broughton (crossed out) Bridekirk. William Whitehead male 42 years. Rank or Profession pit-sinker.Cause of death"Injuries and concussions on the back of the neck received by accidentally falling to the ground on the highway in the parish of Bridekirk while attempting to get off the back of a mare on which he was riding on the 7th day of February 1851"
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