Jane Hughes

[Suzy100]

Benjamin Thorpe married a Jane Hughes on 1818 in Mansfield.  In 1837 there is a newspaper article stating that Benjamin (labourer) was committed to the House of correction at Southwell to hard labour for one calendar month, for neglecting to maintain his wife Jane Thorpe (he being able to do so)  whereby she became chargeable to the parish of Mansfield.  Where would I be able to find any information on this on Ancestry or other sites?  I cannot find a death for her at all although he married an Elizabeth Peel  on 5th June 1838.  There is a Jane Thorpe died 1837 but she is Aged 0.

[rosie99]

There is a burial of a Jane Thorpe age 50 at St Peter & St Paul, Mansfield on  2nd September 1837   
ADDED Her residence was the workhouse

[Suzy100]

There is a burial of a Jane Thorpe age 50 at St Peter & St Paul, Mansfield on  2nd September 1837   
ADDED Her residence was the workhouse

Hi Rosie where did you find that I have searched the GRO and cannot find the death at all.  But that looks likely

[rosie99]

It is from the Nottinghamshire burial index which is available to view on FindMyPast.   I wonder if the GRO index for that death you found should have read age 50 and not age 0 

[Suzy100]

I will check it out Rosie thank you so much.  Sometimes it just takes another pair of eyes.

[rosie99]

Unfortunately the images of the GRO index that you can view on freebmd do not give an age for that Mansfield death in 1837.  The indexes used by the GRO on their website are apparently a different set.

[Comberton]

Death
Jane Thorp age 0
Sep 1837 Mansfield
Baptism
Jane Thorpe
20th July 1837 Warsop
parents Joseph & May of Mansfield Woodhouse
Burial
Jane Thorpe age 1 week
29th July 1837 Warsop
daughter of Joseph & May of Mansfield Woodhouse

Same records for Martha Thorpe
Births
Jane Thorp & Martha Thorp
Sep 1837 Mansfield
15 361 mmn Hyde

[Suzy100]

It is from the Nottinghamshire burial index which is available to view on FindMyPast.   I wonder if the GRO index for that death you found should have read age 50 and not age 0 

Unfortunately this was not the death for Jane Thorpe.  I am sure though that the burial record is her, in the Workhouse.  As the Death register only started 1st July 1837 is it feasible that the death was not registered? 

[Suzy100]

Death
Jane Thorp age 0
Sep 1837 Mansfield
Baptism
Jane Thorpe
20th July 1837 Warsop
parents Joseph & May of Mansfield Woodhouse
Burial
Jane Thorpe age 1 week
29th July 1837 Warsop
daughter of Joseph & May of Mansfield Woodhouse

Same records for Martha Thorpe
Births
Jane Thorp & Martha Thorp
Sep 1837 Mansfield
15 361 mmn Hyde

Unfortunately none of these match my Jane Thorpe.  But is it feasible as I said to Rosie that as burial was 2nd September and so death must have been in August that the death was not registered as the register started 1st July 1837?