Drowned Mary/Maria Dangerfield 1835 of Westbury (Inquests)

by ChrisW , Monday, October 06, 2008, 22:17 (5680 days ago) @ ChrisW

July: On Wednesday morning last, MARIA DANGERFIELD, accompanied by her mother in law, was attempting to cross the Severn at Westbury in a boat, when about the middle of the river the scull with which she was sculling the boat, suddenly slipped from her hands, when she fell out of the boat into the river and was drowned; the body was picked up about three o'clock the same day. The deceased was much respected by her neighbours; four children, the youngest about ten months old are left to bemoan their loss. An inquest was taken the next day, before John Cooke, Esq. Coroner, when the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 45815
Entry Number: 721
Year: 1835
Month: Jul
Day: 10
Surname: DANGERFIELD
Forenames: Mary
Place of Residence: Westbury
Age at death: 29
Officiating Minister: William Crawley Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P354 IN 1/8
Page No: 91
Parish_Chapel: Westbury on Severn
Soundex: D526