Find all the records of the past year--the death records of the city--everything that will help to determine that the man is dead, as I believe he is.

This will give you all you want to do for the present.

The man's son is in the city, and the boy and the man left the Sevenoaks poor-house together.

If the man is alive, he is likely to be near him.

If he is dead he probably died near him.