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Leicestershire / Re: Where to find an inquest report for a Nailstone death?
« on: Thursday 05 March 09 06:58 GMT (UK)  »
Mike, thank you so much for doing that.  It certainly was upsetting to read but please don't remove it.  my poor great grandmother, you can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like.  Unfortunately Hilda, also mentioned in the story, also came to a tragic end when she took her own life as a young adult, another family member that I'm hoping to look into in time.

I only started researching my family history last November and Nellie is the first real mystery that I feel is now fully solved thanks to your help, I think  I might see if I can find her grave on my next visit to family in Nuneaton.

Thanks again and I hope it didn't take up too much of your time, it was really very kind of you.

Gemma  :)

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Leicestershire / Re: Where to find an inquest report for a Nailstone death?
« on: Monday 02 March 09 20:55 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that  :).  She was actually known as Nellie and in fact it took until the 1911 census came online for me to find her.  My Mum & Aunt had thought that her name was Ellen but then on the census she was listed as 'Nellie'.  I then wondered if that had actually been her name as my Nan, her sister, was Lily & not Lilian, but a search for Nellie happened to bring up Frances Eleanor.  Sorry, waffling now, but it was an exciting moment when I finally tracked her down lol!

So sorry to hear about your niece and her daughter.  My family suffered the tragic death of my cousin and his fiancee in a car accident caused by somebody else so I know how devastating these things are.  In that case we were waiting for 15mths for the case to come to court, which was bad enough.  I hope you and your family get everything sorted out before too long.

Gemma

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Leicestershire / Re: Where to find an inquest report for a Nailstone death?
« on: Monday 02 March 09 13:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Mike, that's very kind of you if you don't mind?

Her name was Frances Eleanor Talbot (on the certificate, Talbott as far as we are aware), and her date of death was actually only two days before the inquest, August 19th 1911.  I commented to my Mum on how soon afterwards the inquest was, as you said, I was under the impression that there was usually a lengthy gap.

Thank you again - and also for the welcome!
Gemma

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Leicestershire / Where to find an inquest report for a Nailstone death?
« on: Monday 02 March 09 12:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I've got a copy of the death certificate for my Nan's sister who died in 1911 aged 5.  Cause of death is recorded as 'Shock caused by being accidentally burnt in a field at Nailstone'.  (We have been told over the years that some boys were throwing lit matches and her dress caught fire).  The inquest was held by the Deputy Coroner for South Leicestershire on 21st August, 1911 and I would be very interested in hearing what an inquest report may have to say.  I understand that a local paper report may be the only way to find out.  Does anybody have any ideas at all about which paper this may have been reported in if indeed it ever was, or where I should start looking for this?

Many thanks
Gemma

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