Murder/Execution

[willowwah]

Can anyone help me.

Today I was told by my mother that her aunt had told her some years ago that she (the aunt) had an uncle that murdered his wife by cutting her throat and she beleives he was executed

This would be actually be an uncle to my grandmother we cant confirm this as my grandmother died when my mother was 4

We beleive it would be in the Cheshire

any idea where I could look to verify this

[Jane Eden]

I love answering other peoples queries as I find great links. Try this one:

http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/execute.html

Its gruesome!

Jane

[Nessie]

Thanks Jane, gruesome but very interesting.

[drakes]

Nessie,
   If you have a date range and name, I can check the London Time archives for you....
 they frequently published notices about mayhew, etc.

 regards,
 drakes

[willowwah]

Thanks for the link to the executions,

Unfortunately I am struggling to find the maiden name of my gt grandmother, which I think may help in pinpoint if any of these are my "alleged" murderer

but this is indeed very interesting reading

[Jane Eden]

Have you any names and dates so we can help you. What do you want to find out?

Jane

[willowwah]

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=59997.msg241713#msg241713

It is Lillians sister that told my mother about the uncle

We know Lillians maiden name was Philips/Phillips but I cant find out any further than that

And we only know the murderer cut the throat of his wife

[Nessie]

There is a Lilian Phillips born on the Wirral June quarter 1903. Could this be her as Cheshire and the Wirral are side by side?

[Ange39nz]

Hiya,

Probably not a connection but my paternal grandfather, William John Corbett, killed his pregnant wife, Ethel Louisa Jones, by cutting her throat in March 1931.  This occurred in Glamorgan Wales.  He was hanged at Cardiff prison in August 1931. 

Looks like the area wasn't the same for you? 

I'm certain I must have some living relatives on my father's side as they had quite big families.

I found the British Library most helpful.  I sent them the sketchy details I had and they came up with 8 newspaper articles of the time.  One of them was an obituary for my grandmother which included loads of relatives' names.

All the best!
Angela