Hello Liz, Yes he did! Mary Summerill, born abt 1850, so would have been about 18 years old at the time of that incident. Hmmm.... I wonder what was behind that story?? Maybe she ran away from home, wearing those clothes??? After an argument with her Dad??? (must have been pretty serious for him to claim that she "stole" the clothes...). We shall never know..... Mary was Isaac's daughter by his first wife, Sarah. I know nothing more about her. He remarried in 1854, second wife also named Sarah. They had 3 children, the youngest being my maternal g-grandfather Samuel (b 1867). [and he had a sad life too... died of bronchitis at age 28, leaving 3 small children...]. So Mary was his half-sister. Maybe she didn't get on with her stepmother??? Fascinating trying to get back into their experiences, their emotions, trying to figure out what *might* have happened..... Re gas explosion - maybe Isaac was injured in that explosion on 10th November but didn't die until later? (so wouldn't have been named in the newspaper report). A fine bunch of ancestors I have!! My paternal ggfather spent his final 15 years in the Lunatic Asylum (my cousin and I think that must have been "hushed up", not talked about, since neither her father nor mine knew anything about it...). And very sad stories on all my other ancestral lines... No wonder my parents decided to cut off connections with their unhappy pasts..... Are these newspaper archives available online? Best wishes, Margaret -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Liz Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B&D] Healthy New Year! Hello Margaret, Did Isaac have a daughter called Mary? There is a report in the Bristol Mercury of Saturday, 3rd October 1868 LAWFORD GATE PETTY SESSION A young woman named Mary Summerill, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, a chemise, an apron, a pair of stockings, a flannel petticoat, and a straw hat value 10s the property of her father Isaac Summerill of St George's. She was discharged, the complainant refusing to prosecute. There was a pit explosion at Bedminster and a Mr Day died in that gas explosion but no mention of anyone else dying. That report was 10th November 1877. There are no other accidents in the Bristol or Gloucestershire area that coincide with the death of Isaac Summerill or anyone else. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Hayon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [B&D] Healthy New Year! > Thanks Edna!! > > (hi Josephine - so glad to hear you're still around..... maybe we'll get > back to those SUMMERILLs some time.... mine are the Mangotsfield line... > coalminers... my 2xggrand-father Isaac - born 1823, Mangotsfield; died 30 > Dec 1877; cause of death: "Carbuncle 14 days, exhaustion, injury from gas > explosion". I'm curious to know what might have been the > circumstances....... was there a big explosion in the mines about then?? > > So many questions.... > > Margaret > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of liverpud > Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 6:08 PM > To: JoJeremiah > Cc: Bristol-District > Subject: [B&D] Healthy New Year! > > Josephine, Thanks so much for your hard work during the year. Also to > the other people transcribing information for the benefit of us all. > I'll > > tuck those > interesting articles away for future reference... > > A healthy and prosperous New Year to you all. > > (;-)) > > Edna - sunny Ottawa > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 5752 (20110101) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 5754 (20110102) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

Certainly sounds like that's your Isaac. As you say, perhaps Mary didn't get on with her step mother. No, I am sure he was not in the gas explosion on 10th November. The report was quite clear that only two people were in the mine at the time as they were checking for the smell of gas. Was Albert Home a Timekeeper before he went into the asylum. I imagine it is quite clear on the entry in the asylum records but I never read them. There is a case in Bristol about an Albert Home in 1892. Was this after he went into the asylum. The newspaper reports are available from various libraries throughout the world if you have a library ticket and your library pays the subscription. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Hayon" <[email protected]> > Hello Liz, > Yes he did! Mary Summerill, born abt 1850, so would have been about 18 > years old at the time of that incident. > > Re gas explosion - maybe Isaac was injured in that explosion on 10th > November but didn't die until later? (so wouldn't have been named in the > newspaper report). > > Are these newspaper archives available online? > > Best wishes, > Margaret