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Somerset / Re: Nailsea: Newspapers of 1840s?
« on: Sunday 11 November 12 22:36 GMT (UK) »
I too have an ancestor who drowned, this time in the River Avon at Bath. His name was James Corbitt, who went missing on the Wednesday, but was found on the Sat 4 days later. His inquest was held on the same day the body was found, which was April 1840, but the death was not registered until September 1840 - coroner? = one Robert Uphill!!
I wonder if he was very lax in his registering of deaths? this was 5 MONTHS after the body had been found!!
Just thought Mr Uphill might have been rather careless in his paperwork??
I wonder if he was very lax in his registering of deaths? this was 5 MONTHS after the body had been found!!
Just thought Mr Uphill might have been rather careless in his paperwork??