General Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Interesting memories of byegone Gloucester
| Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
AnninGlos | Report | 6 Jan 2004 16:29 |
|
Just spotted this in the local paper. Hope it doesn't refer to any of your rellies. On 12 Jan 1874 Gloucester prison was the venue for a tri[le execution. Hanged on that day were Charles Butt, Edwin Bailey and Anne Barry. The prosecution explained that Butt had shot the woman who was his next door neighbour, because she refused to accompany him to Gloucester cheese fair. Edward Bailey and Anne Barry were accused of poisening a child. the hangings were not carried out by the old (78 year old) hangman Mr Calcraft but by his younger assistant Mr Anderson. There is another story about a Mary Palmer who was wrongfully hanged for murder in 1741 for the death of Dame Eleanor Bunt. Mary Palmer came from Littledean Gloucester. and anybody researching family in Tewkesbury might like to be aware that half the towns population was wiped out after a visitation of the plague in the late 16th century. Ann Glos |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Unknown | Report | 6 Jan 2004 16:42 |
|
Ann - are they running a series of these articles - wonder if the young hangman Mr Anderson was a very distant relly of mine lol thought I am sure that some of my lot had probs tying a shoelace never mind a noose lol |
|||
|
AnninGlos | Report | 6 Jan 2004 17:08 |
|
She I think it was a one off, they occasionally run snippets like this. Do you know any more details about your Anderson? I could always try the library for you. Ann |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Unknown | Report | 6 Jan 2004 17:27 |
|
not unless they had a push bike Ann, mine were from Fife lol I love reading things like this - :-) |
|||
|
Sandra | Report | 6 Jan 2004 19:30 |
|
Ann, this is totally and utterly cheeky but would your Library have details from the gloucester workhouses. My grandmother was born in the workhouse her name was Frances louisa Lewis,I have a copy of her birth certificate but although it gives mothers details Mary Elizabeth Lewis a domestic servant of Barton st Mary, I have been unable to find anything else I keep hoping to get to Gloucester but time keeps flying past. It says Union Workhouse Wotton(Witton)district of Kingsholm 1888. even if you cant help now perhaps you would keep it in mind if you come accross any Lewis info not that its a common name in those parts!!! thanks for reading this Sandra |
|||