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Thanks Carole.
Thanks for the info!

I was aware W'boro involved many villages - I know the Barkers were in Earls Barton, another sister of Susan's named Jane (Green) was in Irthlingborough (as was their brother Belah)  then Rushden, Their sister Charlotte (Webb) was in Northampton itself.
Susan was one of 19 children so almost all of the Fairey, Fairy, Farey clan around Northants are related and belong in my family tree!

I am just getting back to the family tree after several years of spasmodic forays so it's a case of Famliarising myself again with names & catching up with what's new!
Dale

Kia Ora
Greeting from New Zealand.
 I am seeking help regarding the death of SAMUEL MEDDLETON  a 26 year old labourer who drowned at Stonehouse creek near the Govt Emigration Depot on/about 13 August 1865.

His death cert gives no clue as to the wife who he apparently farewelled at the train station. She was apparently going to Torquay to friends awaiting confinement.

James Dodd spotted him in the water and the body was recovered and taken to the Dead House at Stonehouse Workhouse by the County Constable PG Watts.  The WMN reports of the Inquest state Thomas Kevill was a witness who saw  Samuel earlier. He had been drinking but was not drunk.

I am wondering if :
he might have been given a pauper's burial perhaaps in Willcove? Probably Presbyterian or or  C of E?
he was buried with folk from the Workhouse  and if so where is he likely to be buried?
the wife's family variously  BOYLE, BOLE, BOAL  or Samuel himself might be recorded in any docs at the village? He worked at Keyham Steam factory.
a daughter Sarah might have been enrolled at a local school?

I have previously posted on the Devon site not realising the significance of WILLCOVE' s location.
 
i'd be very grateful for any guidance/assistane.
TIA
Dale

Thank you Rosie for Samuel's details. I hadn't realised he had died young!
I think Samuel Snr had a brother named John so I'll need to get further info from censii to get his age and place of birth. I am really seeking to prove that I have the right Samuel Snr who drowned in 1865  and it's possible that his wife decided to leave him behind when she sailed about 6 weeks later. It would be nice to think the baby was with other family if that is the case!  Many emigrants chose to leave family behind until they were established so it wouldn't be unusual!
At the very extreme it is possible that Samuel the tyounger was named in memory of the Samuel who drowned.

Thank you also Cemetery Friends for your advice! Plymouth Record Office and Ford Park have already been searched to no avail. Witnesses at the Inquest stated he had been drinking but was not drunk. IF I am right he would have had a new baby and a trip to the other side of the world to look forward to but of course both matters may have caused him concern as well - there is nothing to indicate it was suicide in the documents.
Maybe this will always remain a mystery
I'll search the daughters of John & Elizabeth to see if there are any clues!
Many thanks to you both for your guidance & input!
Dale

Lotsa 4 leaf clovers to you! I hope you find them with other family members so you have a broader base to "invade" Irish records!
Search for Ros Davies site  for Michael & George anyway!
All the best for the festive season.
Dale

Hi Aghadowey & Vronlady
I am very grateful for your input! I am particularly interested when I get familiar townlands/parishes etc as part of my "confirmation" process. Ballyblack and Crossnamuckley fit that criteria!

I guess my next step is to gain copies of certs and/or Baptism entries (if available)
Any advice as to how and where? I don't add names to Family Tree until I have "proof".
Thanks again !
Dale