Fall/sleepwalking Enoch Morgan 1835 of Whitecroft (Inquests)

by ChrisW , Wednesday, April 09, 2008, 13:30 (6066 days ago) @ ChrisW

June: DEATH FROM SOMNAMBULISM. A lad about nine years of age, son of a labouring man, named RICHARD MORGAN, living near Bream, went to bed on Friday night, and in the course of the night a great noise and cry being heard in the kitchen, the family came down and found the poor boy lying on the floor dreadfully bruised about the head. He had been walking in his sleep, and had fallen down the stairs, which was a steep and dangerous one. He lingered for some hours, when death put a period to his sufferings.

Record_ID: 34854
Entry Number: 139
Year: 1835
Month: Jun
Day: 3
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: Enoch
Place of Residence: Whitecroft
Age at death: 9 y[ea]rs
Officiating Minister: Theo Morgan Off[iciating] Minister
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P245 IN 1/29
Page No: 18
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: M625