Forest of Dean FHT Forum - Enoch SELBY - Inquest

Enoch SELBY - Inquest (reply)

gillwise — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:30:58 +0000

Hi
The National Library of Wales has copies of all newpapers, I thought mine would be at Newport, but was told by them to try The National Library because where this person died was on the border between Monmouth and Newport.
I found them to be very helpfull and only a £1.00 to park
Regards
Gill Wise

Death of Enoch Selby (reply)

selbyfamily — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:04:04 +0000

I now have a copy of Enoch's death certificate. He died of shock on 7.1.1912 as a result of an accidental fall off a ladder on 2.1.1912 causing concussion of the brain. He died at Merricks, Brockweir. Still hopeful of finding a newspaper report of the incident but, as yet, have not had time to do more research on this.

Enoch SELBY 1851 - 1912 - Inquest (reply)

selbyfamily — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:45:23 +0000

Thanks for that information. I did try Chepstow to start with and they told me to go to Cinderford so that's what I did. However, I will try Newport if I don't come up trumps with the relatives.
Sheila

Enoch SELBY 1851 - 1912 - Inquest (reply)

alison2 — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:35:07 +0000

You might try Chepstow Library or the Records Office in Newport for Old Copies of the South Wales Argus. This Paper used to cover News Items from the St Briavels/Hewelsfield and Brockweir Areas.

Coroners Inquests held at Gloucestershire Archives (reply)

slowhands — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:55:40 +0000

Forest of Dean Division Coroner

GB/NNAF/C202985

Scope 1868-1966: register of inquests 1868-1871; minutes of inquests 1868-1942; inquest files 1960-1966
Repository Gloucestershire Archives

Coroners Inquests held at Gloucestershire Archives (reply)

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:32:17 +0000

There appears to more than one set of Coroners Inquests held at the Gloucestershire Archives but you will need to contact them for the full details of what they have. The following is what I know of.

The Forest of Dean Inquests we have on the website are taken from "Minute Books" which are held by the Gloucestershire Archives. These Inquests cover the Forest of Dean area and are from 1868 to 1932 with a few missing years.

This project which was started by David Drinkwater is not yet completed and we are regularily adding more of these Inquest on the website.
http://www.http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/resources/inquests
The are other Inquests held at the Gloucestershire Archives which I believe are Records from the County Coroners, these include registers of inquests and inquest files but are not complete. Some records between 1722 to 1838 have been transcribed by Patsy McMillan and she kindly agreed to allow us to copy the ones that were relevant to the Forest of Dean and display them on our website.

These records you can browse by selecting Inquests in the Category drop down box of this forum. There are a 11 pages of these inquests, each page contains approximately 25 Inquests.

Enoch SELBY 1851 - 1912 - Inquest (reply)

selbyfamily — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:55:46 +0000

As far as we know the accident took place in the Forest somewhere. He married Sarah (his second wife) in London in 1896 as on the 1891 Census she was a cook working for a pawnbroker and his family in Hampstead but was actually born St Briavels so that is presumably how he knew her. They had seven children before Enoch died in 1912. In all the Censuses from 1851-1911, Enoch is living at Hewelsfield so why he went to London to marry Sarah, I don't know. I have done all the family history as regards the facts but it is the stories in between which are eluding me at the moment. Hopefully we might find out more about the death when we visit a relative in the Forest next week.

Enoch SELBY 1851 - 1912 Brockweir - Inquest (reply)

slowhands — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:16:56 +0000

Was the accident in the Forest or in London ( for example) (?)

Name: Enoch Selby
Name: Sarah Wood
Year of Registration: 1896
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: St Olave Southwark (1837-1901)
County: London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 306

1911 SELBY's in Chepstow area
1911
HOUSEHOLD SELBY ANNIE F 1903 8 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY ARTHUR ENOCH M 1882 29 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY CHARLES M 1907 4 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY ELIZABETH F 1901 10 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY ENID ADA F 1910 1 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY ENOCH M 1851 60 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY FLORANCE F 1898 13 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY GEORGE M 1876 35 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY JENNIE F 1899 12 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY KATE SELINA F 1884 27 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY KATHLEEN F 1905 6 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY MARGARET F 1879 32 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY MARGARET F 1910 4 MONTHS Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY SARAH F 1867 44 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY TOM M 1909 2 Chepstow Monmouthshire
HOUSEHOLD SELBY WINEFRED F 1902 9 Chepstow Monmouthshire

Enoch SELBY 1851 - 1912 - Inquest (reply)

selbyfamily — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:01:56 +0000

We know that Enoch was supposed to have fallen while working and broke his back but when I saw on his burial record there was a Coroner's report, I thought I would try to get a copy. However, as I said I was told the records for the Forest of Dean Division "did not survive" so how then are they being posted here unless it was a particular section/area of the Forest that was missing.

I have been to Cinderford Library and looked at The Forester but could not find anything which I found strange as Enoch was a well known Mason in the area. However, those microfilm machines always run away with me so I may have missed it! What other local papers are there which might contain this information? I suppose it means going to the Gloucester Records Office to search them out.

I have not yet sent for the death certificate but will be doing so shortly.

Enoch SELBY 1851 - 1912 - Inquest (reply)

slowhands — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:30:16 +0000

Name: Enock Selby
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Year of Registration: 1912
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 61
District: Chepstow
County: Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 12

Memorial Inscription - Hewelsfield, Gloucestershire
St Mary Magdalene's Churchyard

Enoch SELBY, 7 January 1912, 61
Ethel, d, 6 December 1896, 7 weeks
Our devoted mother
Sarah Ann, 14 June 1943, 77

Separate Memorial, same Grave
Annie Louise CREW, d, 20 June 1977, 74
Kathleen Gladys, d, 20 November 1971, 66

Does the Death Cert give any hints to cause of death ?

Have you tried the local Newspaper archives for any reports on the Inquest ?

Lydney or Chepstow area foe Library /local Newspaper

Enoch SELBY - Inquest

selbyfamily — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:34:28 +0000

Can you solve this puzzle? I have been trying to find the Coroner's report on Enoch Selby who was buried on 13 January 1912 in Hewelsfield. In 2007 I contacted the Gloucester Archives and was told tht the "Coroner's Inquests of the Forest of Dean Division from March 1805 to January 1916 have not survived". As the records you are recording here are within these dates - is there some other reason why I was given this information?