John J P SAUNDERS died 1896 Lydney, "lave net" fishing (General)

by Jefff @, West London, Middlesex, Friday, February 09, 2018, 19:31 (2478 days ago) @ Jefff

Another prior thread gives details of John JP Saunders' death in 1896;
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=44422

thanks to MPG, we know the newspaper stated
" middle-aged man John SAUNDERS, living in the neighbourhood of Lydney Dock, died very suddenly on Friday whilst fishing with a lave net."

The subsequent Inquest stated he died due to "atheromatous disease of the aortic valve". This is a heart complaint, which I think is usually associated with old age, yet John was just 39 !. I wonder if it was brought-on by being stood waist-deep in the very cold water.
see http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/index.php/inquests

This short film describes men who are still fishing in the Severn using traditional lave nets. They mention how especially-bad the cold water was before modern waders became available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNHN_VhUPMQ

The film location is Black Rock, near Portskewett on the Welsh side of the river near the "new" Severn Crossing. I can't help thinking this placename is linked with the unlikely? sounding Black Rock Farm, Bream Road, Lydney.
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Here another branch of the Saunders family were living thro' the 1800s, as per this prior post which helpfully adds more CEnsus info to another part of the Saunders family.
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=10751


To that post and it's several sets of useful Census data I can enlarge upon the 1871 Census using FamilySearch, which confirms Hannah was now widowed so her spouse Charles had died sometime before, and again he wasn't particularly old;


1871 Black Rock Farm, Bream Rd, Lydney, Monmouthshire, Wales
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William Saunders Head M 37 Gardener. Lydney, Gloucestershire
Hannah Saunders Mother F 60 Widowed. Berkeley, Gloucestershire
John Saunders abt 1847 Brother M 24 Lydney, Gloucestershire
Fanny Saunders Sister F 22 Lydney, Gloucestershire
James Saunders Nephew M 12 Lydney, Gloucestershire


Record_ID: 200694
Entry_Number: 100
Year: 1858
Month: Jun
Day: 19
Surname: SAUNDERS
Forenames: Charles
Residence: Newherne
Age_at_death: 56 y[ear]s
Officiating_Minister: Robert Greer
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/12
Page_No: 13
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex: S536

Which all fits nicely with this part of the prior post,

1851
Charles Saunders abt 1805 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Head Lydney, Gloucestershire
Hanah Saunders abt 1811 Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England Wife Lydney, Gloucestershire
Charles Saunders abt 1836 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Saunders abt 1838 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire
Fanny Saunders abt 1848 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire
Hannah Saunders abt 1843 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire
John Saunders abt 1846 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Robert Saunders abt 1839 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire
Sarah Saunders abt 1841 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Daughter Lydney, Gloucestershire
William Saunders abt 1831 Lydney, Gloucestershire, England Son Lydney, Gloucestershire


I'm hoping all this data will help us plot a tree to show how the various WW1 Saunders soldiers are related. This is one instance where it could be very helpful to be able to look on Ancestry for any public trees which may guide us.

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