Burial for Julia Sands

[MacGrigor]

Hello,

Julia died at London Hospital in Whitechapel on the 16th of January 1841, registered by the coroner who reported she had died accidentally of burns. Can anyone please find a burial for her? She was Catholic.

I’d appreciate any help!

Adam

[Bookbox]

Afraid I can’t find a burial, but in case you haven’t seen a report of the inquest ...

DEATHS IN THE LONDON HOSPITAL. – Last evening Mr. Baker held three inquests in the London Hospital. The first was on the body of Julia Sands, aged 66, a widow. It appeared in evidence that deceased resided with her son, at 26, Charlotte-street, Whitechapel, and that in the forenoon of the 31st ult. her son had placed a pot of resin to melt on the fire. When melted she went to lift the pot off with her apron, which catching fire, ignited the resin, and the consequence was, that her clothes were set in flames, which communicated themselves to the furniture in the room. Deceased ran into the street, and some neighbours extinguished the flames in which she was enveloped, by throwing pails of water over her. She was conveyed to that hospital, in which she expired of the burns on Saturday last. Her son, in trying to put out the fire, was so severely burnt as to be confined to the hospital for five days.

(The Globe, Wednesday 20 January 1841.)

[louisa maud]

How sad

LM

[MacGrigor]

Thank you for that, very sad it gives her address as Charlotte Street in Whitechapel with her son, and I suspected the man that was her son was living at Charlotte Court in Whitechapel, so it’s helped prove that hypothesis.

[rosie17]

Very sad indeed poor woman 

Rosie

[MacGrigor]

I’ve had another ancestor fall in a fire, and another be burnt to death while she slept all very unfortunate.

[louisa maud]

I think it was quite common, open fires and in some cases crinoline style dresses, my relative was reaching up for a slate board to help her children and caught her dress in the fire, she ran outside and neighbours helped but sadly she died, it was sad times

LM