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Another accidental shooting!!
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 3 Mar 2006 16:56 |
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My ancestor Thomas Bluett was shot whilst walking home from work by a teenager playing with a loaded gun in Drury Lane, London. The boy had been on his way to a shooting gallery and decided to load his weapon in the street. I've got plenty on this so I'm not looking for new information, but I'm hoping somebody out there may be able to tell me what happened to Thomas's wife. I've done all the obvious stuff of looking through censuses and BMD records so I am certain that there's nothing to be found there. Mary Bluett was born around 1815. After her husband's death in April 1846 there is no record of her, or of her son Thomas born c1837. Her daughter Mary Anne (1839) married Julius Fritz in 1858. At the time of her husband's death Mary lived at 12 (or possibly 7) White Horse Yard, off Drury Lane. |
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Speedy | Report | 3 Mar 2006 17:04 |
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She may have remarried, and the son may have taken her new name, have you tried to find a marriage for her, it could be under her previous name or her maiden name. Bev |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 3 Mar 2006 17:06 |
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Ooooooooh yes. |
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Speedy | Report | 3 Mar 2006 17:10 |
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The only other thing I can think of is she may have taken some ones name with out the formality of marriage, I found one like that, it took ages, but I put in the persons 1st name the year born and where, into Ancestry, and finaly found her, this way is very time consuming but can be worth it. Bev |
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Merry | Report | 3 Mar 2006 17:12 |
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Is that....Oooohhhh yes....as in ''Oh yes, I have already tried'' or ''Oh yes, that's a good idea''!!???? Merry |
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Speedy | Report | 3 Mar 2006 17:18 |
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Anothe thought is that the census collector may have spelt her name wrong, or it may have been trascribed incorrectly. Bev |
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Paul Barton, Special Agent | Report | 3 Mar 2006 17:25 |
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Ooooooh yes - I've explored all these possibilities before!!! It's a tricky one. I've just run out of ideas. Ho hum. Thanks for your interest though. |
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Jane | Report | 3 Mar 2006 18:07 |
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Paul, Can feel your frustration! So, a few thoughts in the hope that you've haven't been 'there' already: - witnesses on daughter's marriage certificate, any clues? - location of daughter in 1851, guess she must have been in service, so not helpful? - can you kill or marry off Thomas BLUETT? - worth trying PRs around area for church re-marriage or funeral for Mary? Civil reg not compulsory (I believe) till 1875. Will keep thinking .... Regs Jane |
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Karen | Report | 3 Mar 2006 18:14 |
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Paul Could she have reverted back to her maiden name? Karen |
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