Hi Bill The Coroners Inquest was No. 894 and was held before G C Martin at Newcastle. Date Received was 12 September 1894 and Date 8 September 1894. Name of Deceased was Sarah Bradshaw, 37 years old, born at West Maitland, died at Newcastle and the Verdict was Failure of the heart caused by a convulsion from Uremia. The Maitland Mercury on Trove stops with 1893. Thanks Shirlee Wellington, NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <oldboybill@westnet.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [HV] Fw: Sarah MANTLE b 1857 West Maitland, NSW- need proof > Dear Shirlee, > > Unfortunately unless it was something where a serious charge, like murder, > was preferred, no papers for Inquests survived. > > There will be just a one line entry in the Register and the finding of the > Coroner should be included in the Death Registration you have, but did not > share with us in your past post. > > The information for registrations is only as good as the informant, giving > information, perhaps under stressful circumstances given that an Inquest > was > required. > > You may find some information in the Maitland Mercury around the time of > the > death and Inquest, both in those times fairly close to one another. > > Extensive indexing has been done of many Hunter papers by Mr & Mrs Gow. > > Sincerely, Bill > >> Thanks to Bill and Marg for replying. There are several of us >> researching >> this branch and Sarah was one of our 'brickwalls' until she came up in >> the >> NSW Coroners Inquest Registers on Ancestry but we could not find her >> death >> reg. It seems her firstname had been transcribed as 'Susan'. The >> Marriage >> and Death transcriptions were obtained and everything matched. The NSW >> Coroners Inquest Register matched the details of Susan BRADSHAW who died >> in >> 1894. > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message