Most of the parish records for Norfolk have been transcribed and are available online at https://www.norfolkonlinerecordsearch.co.uk/ but there are gaps in coverage.

These are the ranges of records available for each parish:

I’m going through parts of the tree trying to fill in gaps. I noticed that we didn’t have birth or death dates for Elizabeth Hinksman, mother of Dinah Peak. There are a couple of other trees on Ancestry that include her and I want to corroborate their information. I ordered her birth certificate (Elizabeth Inksman, 1862, Dec, Tynemouth, 10b, 123) which should arrive soon.

I can’t find her death in the GRO index though. Another tree has her death recorded as 13 Feb 1937, Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital, Blyth NBL but I don’t seem to be able to find it. I checked the newspapers to look for a death notice and found this in the Blyth News of Monday 15 February 1937:

BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN DOWNSTAIRS

Septuagenarian’s Death at Blyth

Stated to have been injured through falling down the stairs at her home last Monday.,Mrs Elizabeth Peak, a widow of 124 Hanbledon Street, died in the Thomas Knight Memorial Hospital on Saturday. She was 74.

The circumstances have been reported to the Coroner. ¹

While I was looking around the British Newspaper Archive I searched for Dinah Peak and found this memoriam written in 1901 on the anniversary of her death by her daughter Rebecca. Dinah Peak nee Smith was Thomas Turner Peak’s mother and Rebecca was his sister.

In Memoriam.

In loving memory of my dear mother, Dinah Peak, who died Jan. 30th, 1900.

We oft times think we hear her footsteps,
We look around, but she is not there;
Ah! no, she has gone and left us,
Here stands her empty chair.

Sleep on. dear mother, thy toil is o’er,
Thy willing hands shall toil no more;
Life was desired. bat God thought best
To take thee to eternal rest.

Ever remembered by her loving daughter and son-in-law. Rebecca and Alex. Mills.²

I continued reviewing the search results and found a notice of the death of Dinah’s husband John on the 17th June 1900:

DEATHS

PEAK.—At 21 Beacon Street, North Shields, on the 17th inst., aged 60 years, John Peak, relict of the late Dinah Peak. Interment on Wednesday at Preston Cemetery at 3 o’clock. Friends please accept this (the only) intimation. ³

I have ordered his death certificate (John Peak, 1900, Jun. Tynemouth, 10b, 151)

Luckily Dinah is a distinctive name and is easy to find in the newspaper search. I found a notice of John and Dinah’s marriage in the Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday 22 July 1858

Marriage at St. Hilda’s Church on 19th instant of Mr John Peak, forgeman, to Miss Dinah Smith.⁴

After some searching at gro.gov.uk I think I have found Elizabeth Hinksman’s death registration. The district is new to me: Elizabeth Peak, 1937, Mar, NORTHUMBERLAND CENTRAL, 10B, 568