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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Surrey => Topic started by: bkernos on Thursday 07 August 14 01:09 BST (UK)
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I had a contact from a distant cousin, who is trying to find out about a death somewhere near 1927 in Beddington.
One of the family stories handed down was one of the Zealey family (who lived Richmond Road) committed suicide as he was heartbroken that my cousin's mother had not married him; he was apparently found dead in the nearby alleyway/footpath leading from Richmond Road.
If anyone has any clues as to where to search, we would love to know. I have tried British newspapers online that I have access to from Australia, but have not found anything. Unfortunatley we do not know his first name.
Thought some local knowledge may give us a better chance.
Barb.
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Hi Barb,
Not much to go on for us but looking on the BMD index there is a Frank Zealey, born about 1891 & death registered December 1918, Croydon reg. district. He would have been about 27.
If he was related to your cousin's mother (your aunt?) can we not find his first name through that route?
Off the top of my head I think Beddington comes under Croydon reg. district.
Will dig a bit more,
Jane
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This Frank Zealey is to be found on the 1911 census, the son of Thomas & Mary Zealey. He was a machinery engineer, born Beddington about 1891. The address was 31 Gordon Cona?l, Richmond Road, Beddington. I think he's your man :)
If he did commit suicide then there would have been a coroners report which might still exist. Croydon Local Records Office might be able to help,
Jane
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Looking more closely at the address it was 31, Gordon COTTAGE, Richmond Road. If you put in that address (31 Richmond Rd) on Google Maps you will see it on 'street view'. Number 29 still has the name, 'New Cottage',
Jane
There is a small family tree here;
http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Zealey-Family-Tree-4
And this might be of interest. I'm sure there's a connection as you're in Oz. It's under the heading, 'Providor Provides Life Story',
http://issuu.com/greg-kane/docs/sunshine_coast_seniors_newspaper_april_2013#
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I wonder whether it could have been either:
Frederick Zealey born 1890, Frank b. 1891 or Charles b. 1893. Their parents were Thomas b. 1857 and Mary. This is the family who lived at 31 Richmond Road, Beddington. I don't have deaths of either of them, although it looks like Frank died well before 1927.
Barb