William COX dies at Aylburton C.H. after Fall off Hay Rick (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, December 06, 2013, 01:43 (4007 days ago) @ Jefff

As reported by the Cardiff Times, 1st August 1891.

"FATAL FALL FROM A HAYRICK
Mr M. F. Carter, coroner for the Dean division of Gloucestershire, attended at The Globe Inn, Aylburton, and held an inquest on Monday morning touching the death of Wíliam Cox. — Sarah Elizabeth Barker, chief nurse at the Cottage Hospital at Aylburton, examined at the institution named, deposed that the deceased was admitted at six o'clock p.m. on 22nd inst. He died on Saturday, 25th inst. Dr Carter, who attended, told her death resulted from fracture of the spine- Albert Harly, agricultural labourer, living Lydney, and employed by Mr Thomas of Allaston Mead, deposed that he worked with the deceased. In the afternoon of the 22nd, witness and deceased went up on to a rick which was 8 feet high, to remove the cloth, which spread over it. They had made one fold over side of the rick. The deceased was about a yard off the end, and was about to begin a second fold, when he fell backward on to the rick, off which he slipped and fell, alighting on his head on the ground. He was 64 years of age. — The Coroner said it was to be regretted that the poor old man, having survived so long, should have come to so sad an end. There was, he took it, nothing for the to do but to return a verdict of "Accidental death." — The jury at once agreed."

http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3428575/ART81/aylburton

Here is the Inquest from this FoD site,
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/inquests/php/popup.htm?../images/D39.png

This site's PRs gives:

Record_ID: 27941
Entry_Number: 15
Year: 1891
Month: Jul
Day: 28
Surname: COX
Forenames: William
Residence: Primrose Hill
Age_at_death: 64
Officiating_Minister: R.Maynard Turner
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: Lydney P209 IN 1/14
Page_No: 2
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: C200

Think this is William in the 1881 Census:

Name: William Cox
Age (Original): 51
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1830
Birthplace: Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farm Bailiff
Address: Allastone Maud
Event Place: Lydney (Gloucs), Monmouthshire, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1342258
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 5221 / 49
Page Number: 9
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William Cox M 51 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Wife Caroline Cox F 54 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ3C-GS7

Which I think leads to:

Record_ID: 20186
Entry_Number: 177
Year: 1852
Month: Mar
Day: 18
Grooms_Surname: COX
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: Of full age
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Newherne
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: COX
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: John
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: WARREN
Brides_Forenames: Caroline
Brides_Age: Of full age
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: Laundress
Brides_Residence: Newherne
Brides_Fathers_Surname: WARREN
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both mark
Witness_1: The mark of John Cox
Witness_2: The mark of Harriet Howard
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Charles Taylor
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/15
Page_Number: 89
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: C200
Soundex_Bride: W650

And,

Record_ID: 37221
Entry_Number: 855
Year: 1829
Month: Nov
Day: 22
Parents_Surname: COX
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Elisabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Purlieu - Parish of Lydney
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: H.C.H.Hawkins Curate
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: PFC 209 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 107
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: C200

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Searching for Nurse Sarah Barker within the 1891 Census using Ancestry's free search gives this possible hit, but as I'm not a subscriber so I only see limited info, namely:
"Sara E. Barker, born Yorkshire abt 1858, resident Aylburton Glos 1891"

Oddly this record doesn't seem to be within the LDS/FamilySearch database under any spelling variation....if anyone can help with Nurse Barker I'd be grateful, thanks.

???