Francis SHEARD 1801 to 1876

Moving onto the 1961 Census we found:

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Here we find that Catherine Margaret has died and that the children Jane, William Joseph and Francis are not at home. Eventually we found that Catherine had died two years previously:

 

 

 

From the excellent website of Archaic Medical Terms by Dr Paul Smith, that used to be available on the Internet, we found that:

Morbus Cordus probably means “Morbus Cordis” meaning no more than heart disease. Dr Smith also stated that the term was “Probably used by doctors when they did not know the exact cause of death but were sure it was natural causes. May sometimes mean heart failure.”