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aghadowey
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Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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My husband's great-uncle died 1899 in England. According to my father-in-law and other older relatives, he & younger brother worked mixing tea (in Coleraine, Co.Derry, Ireland) and got TB. Brother Henry died 15 July 1898 at home and William was sent to England to recover (although he did die).
I found a death notice in the Coleraine paper: "Workman- at the Pavilion Hotel, Buxton, on the 19th inst., Wm. John, only surviving son of Wm. Workman, Keely, Aghadowey, aged 23 years."
On Free BMD found the following: William John Workman, age 23, died Dec. quarter 1899, Chapel en le Frith district, vol. 7b page 490.
So far, everything seems to add up but I/m still wondering why William was sent to Derbyshire if he had TB. Shouldn't he have been in a sanitorium instead of an hotel?
And would this part of Derbyshire have been a place people with consumption would have stayed?
Has anyone heard of a Pavilion Hotel in Buxton, and would the death be registered in Chapel en le Frith district if this was where William died?
Is there any way of finding the cause of death besides sending for a death certificate?
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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jaywit
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Buxton was and still is a spa town. He would have been sent there for a cure. Hotels were built throughout the 19th century for patients to stay at. If you google Buxton you will find information. The registration district was Chapel en the Frith, so thats why the death was registered there. There is no way of seeing the cause of death without buying the certificate.
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behindthefrogs
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You may find this interesting.
http://www.peakdistrictview.com/resource/view_pano.php?panoid=467
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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aghadowey
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Jaywit- thanks for the information. I had googled 'Pavilion Hotel Buxton' but nothing came up.
Behindthefrogs- Went to site you suggested...caption appeared but no picture came up- will try it again on daughters' laptop as sometimes I can't get things on my computer but it does appear on theirs. From that site I did find one for 'Visit Buxton' which I will get back to later. Spent a few days in Ipstones near Leek back in 1975 and thought the area was lovely.
Many thanks to you both.
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Tuppie
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Hi.
Try this site.
http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/
I can't seem to find the Pavilion Hotel but there are photographs of the pavilion and gardens.
Tuppie
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