Beverley, As Persis has said there is a legal notification following his death which I will send as a PDF file. In the same newspaper there are two other references to a William Spencer Burnham, who I presume will be the same person. The first is his marriage, recorded in the Hull Packet and East Riding Times of October 9, 1863; it reads: September 30, at the Catholic Chapel, Marton, by Rev. Geo Kearsley, William Spencer Burnham, farmer, Tickton, to Mary Agnes Walker, only surviving daughter of E. Walker Esq, Central House, Wyton. The second one appears in the same paper on 6th August 1869. Under the heading of 'Yorkshire Agricultural Show' in the category of 3 year old coaching fillies, it notes that second place went to William S. Burnham of Tickton. Hope these are yours too. best wishes Martin Cross Brighton ----- Original Message ----- From: <Beverleysusan@aol.com> To: <Eng-East-Yorks-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 1:49 PM Subject: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] Can anyone help ? >I am looking into the death of my 2 x great grandfather William Spencer > Burnham who died in October 1875. His death certificate states that he > Hung > himself. Apparently he had a Brick and Tile yard in Aldborough and at one > time was > a farmer. Is there anyone who as access to copies of old newspapers that > they could look at for me to see if there was an inquest into his death. > Thanks > Beverley > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message