Hello Clincher and Rick!
I'm sorry, but I do not know the name of her fiance. I wish I did!
Thank you, Rick for looking that up for me on the Sudden Death Index. It would seem that it would be there, but, I don't know the years for that index.
As for the story just being a tale, there a lot of details to the story that make it plausible. The story is that the gun was hung above the fireplace and the fiance was reaching up to get the gun down and it went off, accidentally shooting her. There is a drawing of her (not a photo), which makes the date of 1829 seem right, because that was before photography. Her name was Eliza or Elizabeth and she was 17 yrs old, just like the Parish Record.
What I haven't told you is that I am not really sure who the person is who was shot, only the particulars in the above paragraph. There are 2 other young females in the family who died young, so it might be one of them. But Eliza Kindred fit all the particulars better than the other 2, so I thought I would start with her. Another rootschatter, told me that the "Framllingham Weekly News" is on film at the SRO in Ipswich going back to 1819. That is why I was asking for a lookup.....to prove or eliminate her.
I live in the US and unfortunately, I will not be able to visit Suffolk in the near future.
The other 2 females are: Lucy Kindred d. ca 1870 Framlingham, SFK., age 22 yrs. and Elizabeth Suckling d. ca 1870 Essex, age 22 yrs. I can send away for their death records, but I thought Eliza Kindred was a better match, so, I wanted to start with her.
I made another post about Eliza, and I tried to put the link here for you, but a box popped up in regards to "copyright" material. It said I could only put in the link if it was my own, which it was! Anyway.....it deleted my whole reply to you, so I had to re-write the whole thing! I will see if I can give you the post #, if you would like to look at it.
The topic is "Was she really shot in the head?" topic #373739
I hope this all makes sense!!
Best Regards,
Sandy