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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => London and Middlesex => Topic started by: Norfolk Nan on Saturday 20 April 24 14:48 BST (UK)
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Louisa Riley threw herself out of a window committing suicide while insane on 5th October 1887. She was 27 years old and had that year given birth to a daughter. The address on the death cert is Peabody Buildings, Ebury Bridge, Westminster. How do I find out more please?
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There may be newspaper reports. Have you checked the BNA? Was there an inquest, as your thread subject line mentions?
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I did and drew a blank.
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Was there an inquest? If so, what is the Coroner's name please?
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assistant coroner J Troutbeck for Westminster, death 2nd, inquest 5th October 1887
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The Ebury Bridge address is probably where the inquest was held.
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TIP: When searching for inquests in the newspapers search for just the Coroner's surname, then narrow the results down to the dates in question.
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That's helpful, thank you. ;D
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Though I'm drawing a blank for your lady in the old papers, a couple of mentions of Mr John Troutbeck in Oct 1887 say he was Deputy Coroner for The City and Liberty of Westminster.
City of Westminster information leaflets
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/leisure-libraries-and-community/oldarchive/researching-family-history-archives-centre/information-sheets
It looks like the coroner's records for the time frame no longer exist.
Boo
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Well, I appreciate the second set of eyes. That's a shame, the poor woman had a baby at the beginning of that year so perhaps it was post-partum psychosis but unless I find a coroners report or a newspaper report we'll never know. So sad.
Thank you again for all your help. ;D