susan bird of dorking

[recorder]

Any information about Ms Bird would be most welcome. She died in Dorking 27th February 1841;drowned, Age 69.  Ran lodging house in Dorking

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[CaroleW]

Who reported her death?  Husband?  Child?

Did you get the above info from a newspaper report? 

Very little info about her so how does she fit into your family history as you don't appear to know whether she was married etc - you refer to her as Ms Bird?

Have you looked for a birth/marriage for her on Family Search?

There are a few Land tax records on Ancestry for a Susan Bird in Dorking - house & garden

[Milliepede]

Burial entry says

Found drowned in the Rookery Pond

Abode West Street

[amondg]

She left a will, as Susanna Bird.
mentions niece Samatha Maria Chasworth daughter of my sister Bethiah? Chasworth.
Exec are Eliza Andrews Mitchell spinster of London and William White Auctioneer of Dorking
It was written 1828 probate 1841

[maddys52]

There is an article describing the coroner's finding (I don't have access to the whole article):

 Tuesday 09 March 1841
Newspaper: County Chronicle, Surrey Herald and Weekly Advertiser for Kent

She was apparently depressed about her circumstances and feared having to enter a workhouse.

[ShaunJ]

She left a will, as Susanna Bird.
mentions niece Samatha Maria Chasworth daughter of my sister Bethiah? Chasworth.

Bethia Bird baptised Wotton, Surrey, 1770. Daughter of Edward & Elizabeth Bird. Married Jacob Chadworth in Epsom, 1788

Sister Susannah was baptised at Wotton in 1774

[ShaunJ]

Samatha Maria Chasworth

I think that is most likely Hannah Maria Chadworth, born London circa 1805, married William Rankin in Lee, Kent in 1831

[recorder]

Hello everyone and many thanks for all the efforts you have put in. I'll go through them and write again.

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[recorder]

Hello again. I drafted out a lengthy reply but sadly I pressed the wrong button and lost it all. I will see how much I can remember.

I have looked at all the items you referred to. How can we be sure that Susan who died is the same lady as Susannna the will writer?  Do we think that Grove house in West st Dorking is the lodging house that is mentioned at the inquest?

I will write again if I remember the other points I raised.  And thank you very much for your help; any more bits most welcome.

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