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In 1813, my 4 × great grandfather Joseph Coles was apprenticed to George Adcock of Holywell Street, a tinsmith. A copy of Joseph’s indenture was written into the minute book of the Somersetshire Society following the minutes of the committee meeting held at the Turk’s Head, Strand on Tuesday, 21 September 1813 (Somersetshire Society, 1813, September 21).
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From the pages of the West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser (1). comes a report of the coroner’s inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Louisa Hewett. Louisa was the second daughter of Samuel Hewett and Harriet Curtis and granddaughter to James Hewett, brother to my 3 × great grandfather Hugh Hewett.
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James Benny, agricultural labourer, died at St Wenn on February 25, 1841 at 8 a.m., aged 79 years. The cause of death was recorded as seizure.
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Mary Strongman, widow of Martin Strongman, died at St Wenn on February 25, 1848, aged 74 years. The cause of death was recorded without certification as natural decay.
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James Pennyliggon, farm labourer, died at White Cross, St Breock on March 28, 1872, aged 76 years. The cause of death was certified as disease of the heart.
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March was a good month for extending the family tree. I managed to find four older siblings for my great great great grandfather George George. George, son of George George, a baker, and Mary, was born in 1813 and baptised the following the year. There is a candidate marriage between a George George and Mary Fage in 1805, leaving a gap of eight years before the first known child was born. The indexed London baptisms at Ancestry begin in 1813 and browse-able images of registers for Stepney are limited.
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David Draper, proprietor of houses, died at Chase Side on November 22, 1867, aged 80 years. The cause of death was certified as old age.
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Jane Draper, wife of David Draper, formerly a shoemaker, died at Chase Side on March 13, 1850, aged 68 years. The cause of death was certified as chronic bronchitis (3 months).
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To William Darby, yeoman, and Mary Ann Darby (née Prince), on April 29, 1847 at Highworth, a daughter, Eliza Darby.
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George Hancock, bachelor, laborer, and Eliza Darby, spinster, both of full age, were married at St Peter’s Church, Wellington, New Zealand on June 30, 1875 by Arthur Stock, the officiating minister. The marriage was witnessed by George William Hancock, engineer, and Elizabeth Hancock, both of Wellington (1).

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1. New Zealand, marriage register entry for George Hancock and Eliza Darby, married 30 June 1875; citing 1875/662; Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.