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Gloucester Inquests from Gloucester Journal 1722 to 1838

Courtesy of Patsy McMillan who transcribed the records

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October: At the hundred of St Briavels, on the body of JAMES WARD, aged about 21, who was killed while at work in a coalpit, by a large quantity of earth and stone falling from the roof on his head and body. Verdict Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 69281
Entry Number: 213
Year: 1832
Month: Sep
Day: 28
Surname: WARD
Forenames: James
Place of Residence: Lydbrook
Age at death: 21 Years
Officiating Minister: H.Berkin
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P109 IN 1/11
Page No: 27
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: W630

December: Inquests were held last week before W Joyner Ellis, Esq. at Coleford, on JOHN SMITH, killed in a coal pit by a quantity of rubbish falling on him. Verdict, Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 59955
Entry Number: 158
Year: 1832
Month: Dec
Day: 1
Surname: SMITH
Forenames: John
Place of Residence: Berry Hill
Age at death: 53
Officiating Minister: T.R. Garnsey
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P82 IN 1/1
Page No: 20
Parish_Chapel: Christchurch
Soundex: S530

Feb: at Newland, on the body of THOS. WILLIAMS, aged about 3 years, who being in the house of his aunt, having some straw in his hand which he attempted to set on fire, his clothes suddenly became ignited, and he was so much burnt as to cause his death in a short time; Verdict, Accidental Death.

I think it's this one:

Record_ID: 130102
Entry Number: 1388
Year: 1832
Month: Sep
Day: 20
Surname: WILLIAMS
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Redbrook
Age at death: 2 Y[ea]rs
Officiating Minister: H Douglas Off[iciatin]g Min[iste]r
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda: Son of James & Sarah
Notes:
Register Reference: P227 IN 1/16
Page No: 174
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex: W452

Feb 9: At Dymock, on the body of MARTHA JONES, who suddenly fell on the floor in her room, and instantly expired. Verdict, Died by the Visitation of God.

Record_ID: 79670
Entry Number: 472
Year: 1833
Month: Feb
Day: 10
Surname: JONES
Forenames: Martha
Place of Residence: Hillend Green
Age at death: 48
Officiating Minister: J Simons
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda: Died suddenly
Notes:
Register Reference: P125 IN 1/15
Page No: 59
Parish_Chapel: Dymock
Soundex: J520

April 20: At Newland, on the body of RICHARD THOMAS, aged about 13 years, who was killed in consequence of the wheels of a waggon going over him. The deceased was driving a waggon on the road to Scowpe, in the Forest; when, in attempting to reach some hay out of it, his jacker caught in a hook in getting down, and he was thrown on the ground, when the near fore and hind wheels of the waggon went over his right thigh, and the lower part of his bowels, from which he was so much injured as to cause his death in a few days. Verdict Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 130139
Entry Number: 1425
Year: 1833
Month: Apr
Day: 13
Surname: THOMAS
Forenames: Richard
Place of Residence: [Thomas]Scowles
Age at death: Y[ea]rs 13
Officiating Minister: Edw[ar]d B Bagshawe Off[iciatin]g Min[ister]
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda: Son of James & Hannah
Notes:
Register Reference: P227 IN 1/16
Page No: 179
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex: T520

June 29: At St Briavels, on the body of THOMAS JENKINS, who was killed in consequence of the handle of the wheel attached to a frame at which he was at work drawing up a heavy stone from a quarry breaking in his hand, and the elbow striking his head, fractured his skull and instantly deprived him of life. Verdict, Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 69300
Entry Number: 232
Year: 1833
Month: Jun
Day: 30
Surname: JENKINS
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Little Dean Woodside
Age at death: 62 years
Officiating Minister: H.Berkin
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P109 IN 1/11
Page No: 29
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: J525

Jan 11: FATAL ACCIDENT. On Saturday last, a man named THOMAS TRAFFORD, in the employ of WM. AMBROSE, Esq. of Awre, was endeavouring to catch a ram, the animal turned round and butted him so severely in the groin, that the poor fellow was killed on the spot.

Record_ID: 24900
Entry Number: 689
Year: 1834
Month: Jan
Day: 6
Surname: TRAFFORD
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Etloe Tything - Parish of Awre
Age at death: 51
Officiating Minister: H.C.H.Hawkins Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P209 IN 1/11
Page No: 87
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: T616

Jan 11: At Lower Redbrook, on the body of NOAH HUDSON, aged about four years. The deceased had lighted a chip at the fire, and was carrying it, burning, across the kitchen, when the fire communicated to his clothes, from which he was so much burnt as to cause his death in a few hours. Verdict, Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 130193
Entry Number: 1479
Year: 1834
Month: Jan
Day: 6
Surname: HUDSON
Forenames: Noah
Place of Residence: Redbrook
Age at death: Years 3
Officiating Minister: H W Sheppard Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda: Son of John & Ann
Notes:
Register Reference: P227 IN 1/16
Page No: 185
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex: H325

March 1: AWFUL SUDDEN DEATH. On the morning of Thursday the 13th ult. Mr THOMAS PARRY, of the Cross Farm, Longhope, in this county, a young man much respected, after eating his breakfast in perfect health went out into the yard to kill a pig, and while leaning over the dying animal he suddenly fell down, and was taken up a corpse.

Record_ID: 21331
Entry Number: 273
Year: 1834
Month: Feb
Day: 17
Surname: PARRY
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Longhope
Age at death: 35
Officiating Minister: Edw[ar[d Probyn Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P206 IN 1/10
Page No: 35
Parish_Chapel: Longhope
Soundex: P600

March 8: At Churcham, on the body of WILLIAM RAVENHILL, aged about 21 years. The deceased was riding in a waggon, late at night, when the horses startled, he jumped out of the waggon and endeavouring to stop them, fell down, and the wheels going over his body, caused his death in about two hours. Verdict, Accidental Death.

Unable to find burial

Jun 14. CHEPSTOW. An inquest was held on Tuesday, the 3d inst., before BM Bradford, Esq. Coroner, on the body of WILLIAM FISHER, who was drowned in the river Wye, by falling out of his fishing boat on the 29th of May last. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 117102
Entry Number:
Year: 1834
Month: Jun
Day: 4
Surname: FISHER
Forenames: William
Place of Residence: Chapel Hill
Age at death: 25
Officiating Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference:
Page No:
Parish_Chapel: Chapel Hill Monmouth
Soundex: F260

Aug 2. FOREST OF DEAN - FATAL ACCIDENT. On Friday, the 18th ult. RICHARD HEATH, was found dead in Bilson Colliery, supposed to have been caused by the roof falling in upon him; he was found several yards from where the roof fell, but his clothes and tools were underneath. An inquest was taken before J Cooke, Esq. Coroner, on view of the body, on the Monday following, and there being no visible marks of injury so as to cause his death, the Jury returned a verdict - Died by the Visitation of God.

Record_ID: 69328
Entry Number: 260
Year: 1834
Month: Jul
Day: 22
Surname: HEATH
Forenames: Richard
Place of Residence: Bilson
Age at death: 47 years
Officiating Minister: H.Berkin
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P109 IN 1/11
Page No: 33
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: H300

Aug: On Saturday last, PETER JONES, a child about 9 years old, was found drowned in a pond, at Cinderford Iron Works, where he had gone for the purpose of bathing.

Record_ID: 24926
Entry Number: 715
Year: 1834
Month: Jul
Day: 30
Surname: JONES
Forenames: Peter
Place of Residence: Whitecroft
Age at death: 10
Officiating Minister: H.C.H.Hawkins Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P209 IN 1/11
Page No: 90
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: J520

August: INQUESTS lately taken before J Cooke, Esq. Coroner. At Churcham, on the body of MARY ANN BAILEY, who died suddenly in her bedroom from the bursting of a blood vessel occasioned by coughing. Various invidious reports had been circulated respecting deceased, who was in the family way, all which were without foundation; when after a patient investigation, the Jury returned a verdict, Died by the Visitation of God, from the bursting of a blood vessel.

Record_ID: 54095
Entry Number: 260
Year: 1834
Month: Aug
Day: 18
Surname: BAILEY
Forenames: Mary
Place of Residence: Churcham
Age at death: 18
Officiating Minister: Edw[ar]d Hawkins Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P83 IN 1/6
Page No: 33
Parish_Chapel: Churcham
Soundex: B400

INQUESTS taken before John Cooke, Esq. Coroner. At Bulley, on the body of CORNELIUS HAVILAND, aged about two years and a half, son of Mr WM. HAVILAND, who was found drowned in a saw pit full of water, near the house of his father. No marks of violence appearing on the body, or evidence to show how or by what means he fell into the water, the Jury returned a verdict, Found Drowned.

Record_ID: 54096
Entry Number: 261
Year: 1834
Month: Aug
Day: 29
Surname: HAVILAND
Forenames: Cornelius
Place of Residence: Bully
Age at death: 2 years & 6 mont
Officiating Minister: Rev[ere]nd W.W.Mutlow Rector of Rudford
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P83 IN 1/6
Page No: 33
Parish_Chapel: Churcham
Soundex: H145

Feb 2. INQUESTS. Taken within the last month, before John Cooke, Esq. Coroner. On the body of ANN SMART, who while in the act of sweeping her room, fell down and instantly expired; at Ruardean's Hill. Verdict, Died by the visitation of God.

Can find no burial.

Jan: At Newnham, on the body of ELIZABETH VERRY. Deceased had been at Chapel in the evening and returned home about Nine o'clock, she afterwards went to a public house for half a pint of beer for her supper, on her return, which was in a few minutes, apparently in good health, put the beer on the table, fell on the floor and instantly expired. Verdict, Died by the Visitation of God.

Record_ID: 32681
Entry Number: 366
Year: 1834
Month: Jan
Day: 24
Surname: VERRY
Forenames: Elizabeth
Place of Residence: Newnham
Age at death: 50
Officiating Minister: Henry Harrington
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P228 IN 1/8
Page No: 46
Parish_Chapel: Newnham
Soundex: V600

Feb 1. MURDER NEAR LITTLE DEAN. On Tuesday morning last, between eight and nine, a labouring man, named RICHARD GARDINER, found in a public path, in Brain's Grove, near the Turnpike road, in Dean lane, half a mile from Littledean, a Scotchman, named M'COOMBIE, aged 75, known as an itinerant pedlar in the neighbourhood, in a dying state, from various wounds apparently inflicted by bludgeons from which he died on the Thursday morning following, without having given any account of the cause of his death. Gardiner found afterwards a bloody bludgeon, and a knife, which he stated, had a drop of blood on it, near the spot, both which he threw in a wood nearby, but the bludgeon only was found. Gardiner has been placed in confinement by the Justices. The pedlar had a wallet, of which he had always been very careful, and which was broken open, the contents of this are not known; he also had a bag, (found unopened,) containing twenty shillings. He had been seen only a few minutes before, on his way to the spot where he was found, and had stated that he was going to Newent. Mr Fletcher, the senior consulting surgeon of our Infirmary, was sent for, and gave his prompt attention to the poor fellow, but his skill and exertions were of no avail.

We noticed in our paper last week, that a poor man, named WM. MacCOMBIE, was murdered in a wood, called Bryant's Grove, in the Forest of Dean. An inquest was taken on view of the body on Saturday last at Littledean, and after many hours taken up in the examination of witnesses, and every effort made to discover the offender or offenders who committed this diabolical murder; and although a man, named RICHARD GARDINER, had been committed on suspicion, yet no evidence could be found to lead to his detention, or to the commitment of any other person. Several Magistrates attended, and the Jury, who were most respectable, after a patient investigation, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown.

March: At Scowles Hill, Newland, on the body of MARY ANN FROWEN, aged about five years. The deceased about five weeks ago, had been much burnt by her clothes catching fire, and a report had been circulated that she had died from improper treatment of her step mother, but after a patient investigation, the Jury, who were satisfied that the report was false, returned a verdict, - That the deceased's death was occasioned by the injury she had received from being accidentally burnt.

Record_ID: 130204
Entry Number: 1490
Year: 1834
Month: Mar
Day: 4
Surname: FROWEN
Forenames: Mary Ann
Place of Residence: Scowles
Age at death: Y[ea]rs 46 (Think this may be 4yrs and 6 months)
Officiating Minister: H W Sheppard Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda: Daughter of William & Charlotte
Notes:
Register Reference: P227 IN 1/16
Page No: 187
Parish_Chapel: Newland
Soundex: F650

April 5: FATAL ACCIDENT. On Friday se'nnight, as the waggon of Mr THURSTON, of Dymock, in this county, loaded with flagstones, was coming down the hill at Castlemorton, JAMES WATKINS, a boy of 14, who had the care of the horses while THOMAS LOCK, the waggoner, roade on the waggon, tried to stop the horses, to put the lock on; but the hill was so steep that he could not succeed, and the waggon was run up a bank and upset. Lock was thrown off, and the stones falling on him, he was dreadfully injured, the bones of the hips being fractured; the boy's left leg was much lacerated. They were conveyed to Worcester Infirmary, where it was found necessary to amputate the boy's leg. Every possible attention was paid to Lock, but mortification came on, and he died on Thursday. On Saturday Mr Gwinnell held an inquest on the body, and the Jury retured a verdict of Accidental Death. The boy is doing well.

No trace burial - possibly at Worcester?

May 3. BARBAROUS MURDER. (From our Monmouth Correspondent.) A woman about 40 years of age, named BRIDGET JONES, (a native of the sister Isle,) the wife of a pensioner, living at Chepstow, was committed to the County Gaol, at Monmouth, on Monday last, by Benjamin Meredith Bradford, Esq. by virtue of his office, as Coroner of Chepstow, charged with the wilful murder of FANNY MORGAN, a neighbour's child, about eight years of age. The atrocious deed was of a fiendlike character, the child's head having been cut off and thrown into the street.

Record_ID: 125131
Entry Number: 400
Year: 1834
Month: Apr
Day: 29
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: Fanny
Place of Residence: Back
Age at death: 8 y[ea]rs
Officiating Minister:
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference:
Page No:
Parish_Chapel: Chepstow Monmouth
Soundex: M625

May 31. A melancholy circumstance occurred last week, at Staunton, in the Forest of Dean. Three children, of GEORGE BRAMMER, went out to play, in an orchard near the house, in which was some meadow saffron (a strong poison), they picked and eat of it, not knowing what it was; one of them, MARY ANN, between two and three years of age, was soon after seiz'd with violent vomitting, and such was the effect of the poison, although medical assistance was obtained, that it caused her death the next day. An inquest was taken on the body, before John Cooke, Esq. Coroner, and a verdict returned accordingly. The other children were very seriously injured, but providentially recovered.

Record_ID: 109281
Entry Number: 136
Year: 1834
Month: May
Day: 24
Surname: BRAMMER
Forenames: Mary Ann
Place of Residence: Staunton Reddings
Age at death: 2 years
Officiating Minister: Rich[ar[d Davies Rector
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: PFC310 1/11
Page No: 17
Parish_Chapel: Staunton
Soundex: B656

June: At the Morse, in Ruardean, on the body of ANN ROBERTS, aged about 60 years. The deceased left her residence between five and six o'clock on Saturday morning, and not returning, search was made in different parts of the neighbourhood, when she was discovered on the next morning hanging to a limb of a chestnut tree, in a wood called Heywood, in the Forest of Dean. It appeared in evidence that the deceased had for a long time been subject to fits of derangement, and the Jury being perfectly satisfied with the evidence, returned a verdict of Lunacy.

Record_ID: 69326
Entry Number: 258
Year: 1834
Month: Jun
Day: 11
Surname: ROBERTS
Forenames: Ann
Place of Residence: Ruardean Hill
Age at death: 60 years
Officiating Minister: H.Berkin
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P109 IN 1/11
Page No: 33
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: R163