Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 16 Jan 1858
BIRTHS
On the 29th ult., at Cracoe, near Skipton, the wife of Mr. Andrew Stockdale, mason, of three daughters, who, with the mother, are doing well. Mrs. Stockdale is 22 years of age, and tihs is her first accouchement.
(Andrew Stockdale married Nancy Gregson during the fourth quarter of 1857. The babies were named Faith, Hope and Charity.)
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Death Notice for John Butcher, Windermere, Westmorland, England, 1838
Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838, page 3
(The family paid for a black border around the announcement. This is the first time I've ever seen this. They must have been very sad. Christened on 31 Jan 1820, parents: William Wain & Alice Butcher.)
DEATHS
On the 20th instant, at his father's residence, Windermere, of consumption, brought on by too close application to study at the Royal Naval School, Camberwell, John Butcher, aged 18 years, eldest surviving son of William W. Butcher, Esq., and grandson of the late Rev. William Barton, Rector of Windermere, Westmorland.
(The family paid for a black border around the announcement. This is the first time I've ever seen this. They must have been very sad. Christened on 31 Jan 1820, parents: William Wain & Alice Butcher.)
DEATHS
On the 20th instant, at his father's residence, Windermere, of consumption, brought on by too close application to study at the Royal Naval School, Camberwell, John Butcher, aged 18 years, eldest surviving son of William W. Butcher, Esq., and grandson of the late Rev. William Barton, Rector of Windermere, Westmorland.
Jane Birkett (nee Jane Turner, I believe), Death and Inquest, 1838, Sedgwick, Westmorland, England
Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838
SUDDEN DEATH AT SEDGWICK
On the evening of Thursday in last week, an old woman of the name of Jane Birkett, residing in Sedgwick, fell suddenly down in her peathouse, and expired in a few minutes afterwards. The following are the statements made by witnesses at the inquest held before the Coroner, Richard Wilson, Esq.
Anne Garnett, of Sedgwick, being examined, said, she was the daughter of Edward Garnett, cooper; that she was helping her to get in some wood slabs for the fire, on Thursday afternoon last. Jane Birket was in a little outhouse putting up the wood as they gave it to her, and two other persons, viz. Mary Garnett and Ellen Remington, were helping witness. When witness was helping a basket of slabs, her (witness' sister) Mary Garnett came and said that Jane Birkett had fallen down amongst the wood; witness immediately went for Margaret Rennison, who returned with her, and they found Jane Birkett in the peathouse lying with her face to the ground. She appears to witness as if she were dying, and she did die soon after they had removed her into the house. Whilst they were getting the wood into the peathouse, Jane Birkett complained very much of cold, and said several times during the afternoon that she was nearly starved to death -- by which she meant that she was suffering much fever through cold.
Margaret Rennison, widow, residing in Sedgwick, said that Anne Garnett had called her on Thursday evening, between five and six o'clock, when she went to Jane Birkett's peat-house, and found her lying with her face to the ground. Witness spoke to her, but she made no answer, and appeared insensible and speechless. Witness then assisted to remove her into the house, and she died in five or ten minutes afterwards; thought she died of a fit, and not by any v iolent means.
Thomasin Blamire, residing in Sedgwick, said she assisted in taking the clothes off the deceased; and that there appeared no marks of violence upon her person.
Verdict. Died by the visitation of God.
SUDDEN DEATH AT SEDGWICK
On the evening of Thursday in last week, an old woman of the name of Jane Birkett, residing in Sedgwick, fell suddenly down in her peathouse, and expired in a few minutes afterwards. The following are the statements made by witnesses at the inquest held before the Coroner, Richard Wilson, Esq.
Anne Garnett, of Sedgwick, being examined, said, she was the daughter of Edward Garnett, cooper; that she was helping her to get in some wood slabs for the fire, on Thursday afternoon last. Jane Birket was in a little outhouse putting up the wood as they gave it to her, and two other persons, viz. Mary Garnett and Ellen Remington, were helping witness. When witness was helping a basket of slabs, her (witness' sister) Mary Garnett came and said that Jane Birkett had fallen down amongst the wood; witness immediately went for Margaret Rennison, who returned with her, and they found Jane Birkett in the peathouse lying with her face to the ground. She appears to witness as if she were dying, and she did die soon after they had removed her into the house. Whilst they were getting the wood into the peathouse, Jane Birkett complained very much of cold, and said several times during the afternoon that she was nearly starved to death -- by which she meant that she was suffering much fever through cold.
Margaret Rennison, widow, residing in Sedgwick, said that Anne Garnett had called her on Thursday evening, between five and six o'clock, when she went to Jane Birkett's peat-house, and found her lying with her face to the ground. Witness spoke to her, but she made no answer, and appeared insensible and speechless. Witness then assisted to remove her into the house, and she died in five or ten minutes afterwards; thought she died of a fit, and not by any v iolent means.
Thomasin Blamire, residing in Sedgwick, said she assisted in taking the clothes off the deceased; and that there appeared no marks of violence upon her person.
Verdict. Died by the visitation of God.
George Suart, 1838, Hugill, Westmorland, England, inquest
Westmorland Gazette, Saturday, 24 Feb 1838
SUDDEN DEATH IN HUGILL
On Sunday last, an inquest was held at the Gate Foot House, in the township of Hugill, before Richard Wilson, Esq., coroner, on the body of George Suart, who resided there, and who had suddenly dropped down dead the preceding day.
Isaac Jackson, joiner, Bowness, deposed that he had slept at Mr. George Suart's on Friday night, and on Saturday morning got up at about nine o'clock. When he came down stairs, Mr. Suart was standing in that room near the fire, and then went into the adjoining room and brought witness a comb for his hair. Mr. Suart then sat down, and in course of some conversation, complained of a pain in his breast and between his shoulders. About ten minutes after witness had been down stairs, Mr. Suart dropped from his chair, forward against witness, and fell with his face to the ground, his head coming against witness's thigh. Mr. Suart died instantaneously. William Shepherd was the only person present, and witness was quite sure that no one injured Mr. Suart in any way, and that he did not come by his death from violent means.
William Shepherd, tailor, in Staveley, deposed that he was present at the time Mr. Suart died in the manner described by the last witness. He corroborated the former statement.
George Mecalf, labourer, in Staveley, stated that he had been coming with a horse and cart past this house, when Mr. Suart's servant girl called him in, and said her master had fallen down dead. Witness went and found Mr. Suart lying on the floor with his face downwards; Isaac Jackson, Mrs. Suart, George Suart, and William Shepherd were all present; Mr. Suart was quite dead, and witness assisted Shepherd and Jackson in raising the deceased up and placing him in a chair.
Verdict. Died by the visitation of God in a fit.
SUDDEN DEATH IN HUGILL
On Sunday last, an inquest was held at the Gate Foot House, in the township of Hugill, before Richard Wilson, Esq., coroner, on the body of George Suart, who resided there, and who had suddenly dropped down dead the preceding day.
Isaac Jackson, joiner, Bowness, deposed that he had slept at Mr. George Suart's on Friday night, and on Saturday morning got up at about nine o'clock. When he came down stairs, Mr. Suart was standing in that room near the fire, and then went into the adjoining room and brought witness a comb for his hair. Mr. Suart then sat down, and in course of some conversation, complained of a pain in his breast and between his shoulders. About ten minutes after witness had been down stairs, Mr. Suart dropped from his chair, forward against witness, and fell with his face to the ground, his head coming against witness's thigh. Mr. Suart died instantaneously. William Shepherd was the only person present, and witness was quite sure that no one injured Mr. Suart in any way, and that he did not come by his death from violent means.
William Shepherd, tailor, in Staveley, deposed that he was present at the time Mr. Suart died in the manner described by the last witness. He corroborated the former statement.
George Mecalf, labourer, in Staveley, stated that he had been coming with a horse and cart past this house, when Mr. Suart's servant girl called him in, and said her master had fallen down dead. Witness went and found Mr. Suart lying on the floor with his face downwards; Isaac Jackson, Mrs. Suart, George Suart, and William Shepherd were all present; Mr. Suart was quite dead, and witness assisted Shepherd and Jackson in raising the deceased up and placing him in a chair.
Verdict. Died by the visitation of God in a fit.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Rev. John Pawson, Methodist, death notice, 1806
Stamford Mercury, Friday, 28 March 1806
On Wednesday se'nnight died, at Wakefield, aged 69, in the 44th year of his ministry, the Rev. John Pawson, late one of the praechers in the Methodist connexion in Hull.
On Wednesday se'nnight died, at Wakefield, aged 69, in the 44th year of his ministry, the Rev. John Pawson, late one of the praechers in the Methodist connexion in Hull.
Wesleyan Methodist magazine "Recent Deaths" for Late 1829
Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, Volume 9 of the Third Series
There are small descriptions, with each of these death notices, of each person's religious state-of-being. I am just typing up the death dates and places but do not have any more information. These are just a few of them.
19 Sept 1829: At Hilgay, in the Downham Circuit, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, aged 38. A widow and six children are left to deplore their irreparable loss.
28 Oct 1829: At Birmingham, Mary Dolphin, one of the oldest members of the congregation at Cherry Street chapel, and for about forty years a member of the Methodist society. For forty years she was the housekeeper in one of the most respectable families in Birmingham, by whom she was treated with great kindness and confidence.
15 Nov 1829: At Farnsfield, in the Mansfield Circuit, Mary Broadhead, aged sixty-one.
18 Nov 1829: At Belton, in the Epworth Circuit, in the sixtieth year of his age, Joseph Whittingham.
23 Nov 1829: At Sawrey-Mount Cottage, in the Ulverstone Circuit, John Eccles, Esq., in the sixty-ninth year of his age.
06 Dec 1829: At Moorfields, London, Ann Berchell.
12 Dec 1829: At Worcester, Thomas Lewis, aged sixty-eight.
13 Dec 1829: At Wolsingham, in the county of Durham, Mrs. Elizabeth Hindmarch, aged forty-nine, following to the tomb her husband and eldest son, in a very short period.
There are small descriptions, with each of these death notices, of each person's religious state-of-being. I am just typing up the death dates and places but do not have any more information. These are just a few of them.
19 Sept 1829: At Hilgay, in the Downham Circuit, Mr. Thomas Rolfe, aged 38. A widow and six children are left to deplore their irreparable loss.
28 Oct 1829: At Birmingham, Mary Dolphin, one of the oldest members of the congregation at Cherry Street chapel, and for about forty years a member of the Methodist society. For forty years she was the housekeeper in one of the most respectable families in Birmingham, by whom she was treated with great kindness and confidence.
15 Nov 1829: At Farnsfield, in the Mansfield Circuit, Mary Broadhead, aged sixty-one.
18 Nov 1829: At Belton, in the Epworth Circuit, in the sixtieth year of his age, Joseph Whittingham.
23 Nov 1829: At Sawrey-Mount Cottage, in the Ulverstone Circuit, John Eccles, Esq., in the sixty-ninth year of his age.
06 Dec 1829: At Moorfields, London, Ann Berchell.
12 Dec 1829: At Worcester, Thomas Lewis, aged sixty-eight.
13 Dec 1829: At Wolsingham, in the county of Durham, Mrs. Elizabeth Hindmarch, aged forty-nine, following to the tomb her husband and eldest son, in a very short period.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Ravenstonedale, Westmorland, England, Schoolmaster, Poem, 1819
ON THE DISTURBANCES WHICH NOW EXIST IN RAVENSTONEDALE
Harsh discord reigns amongst us all,
The voice of reason, -- friendship's call,
No more we hear again:
But cruel anger, deadly rage,
For once have pitch'd their worldly stage
On our once happy plain.
In search of peace in vain we try,
For peace is fled beyond the sky,
To seek a happier Land:
Both love and friendship meet her there,
From worldly, objects free, from care,
And every vicious hand.
O cease, contending passions, cease;
Sweet hope, restore thy wonted peace,
Restore thy wonted rest:
Give me that soft, persuasive power,
That I, in some propitious hour,
Again may see us blest.
O'er this tempestuous sea of strife,
And all the troubles of this life,
May we securely sail:
At length may we attain that shore,
Where angry billows cease to roar,--
Where friendship blows the gale.
Ravenstonedale, March, 1819
(It will not be improper to inform such of our readers as are not acquainted with the circumstances, that the disturbances here alluded to have been occasioned by the recent election of a school-master at Ravenstonedale.)
Westmorland Gazette
Saturday 27 March 1819
Harsh discord reigns amongst us all,
The voice of reason, -- friendship's call,
No more we hear again:
But cruel anger, deadly rage,
For once have pitch'd their worldly stage
On our once happy plain.
In search of peace in vain we try,
For peace is fled beyond the sky,
To seek a happier Land:
Both love and friendship meet her there,
From worldly, objects free, from care,
And every vicious hand.
O cease, contending passions, cease;
Sweet hope, restore thy wonted peace,
Restore thy wonted rest:
Give me that soft, persuasive power,
That I, in some propitious hour,
Again may see us blest.
O'er this tempestuous sea of strife,
And all the troubles of this life,
May we securely sail:
At length may we attain that shore,
Where angry billows cease to roar,--
Where friendship blows the gale.
Ravenstonedale, March, 1819
(It will not be improper to inform such of our readers as are not acquainted with the circumstances, that the disturbances here alluded to have been occasioned by the recent election of a school-master at Ravenstonedale.)
Westmorland Gazette
Saturday 27 March 1819
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