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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Police officer shot dead Hull 1876 - any newspaper article?
« on: Monday 04 March 24 16:52 GMT (UK) »
Posting on behalf of a friend who has recently received some info about her maternal G/G/Grandfather
Can anybody find any newspaper item to support the following:
1871 census for Hull - James McCormick aged 35 born Ireland - Detective of police
Death March qtr 1876 Hull James McCormick aged 40
1881 his wife Mary is shown as a police widow.
Information is that James was shot & killed whilst on duty. Unfortunately the original source of the info is abroad & cannot be contacted at the present time. It's possible the info came from his death cert & if no newspaper article can be found a copy cert will be obtained to prove/disprove cause of death
Can anybody find any newspaper item to support the following:
1871 census for Hull - James McCormick aged 35 born Ireland - Detective of police
Death March qtr 1876 Hull James McCormick aged 40
1881 his wife Mary is shown as a police widow.
Information is that James was shot & killed whilst on duty. Unfortunately the original source of the info is abroad & cannot be contacted at the present time. It's possible the info came from his death cert & if no newspaper article can be found a copy cert will be obtained to prove/disprove cause of death