A very Happy Birthday to you Jill. Sorry to be a bit late, but better late than never. Kindest Wishes Johno, Mary and Cathy
I must apologise for being tardy I didn't get to my PC yestarday I'll take my humble pill and apologise like hell to Jill Happy Happy Birthday Jill Lots of Love and Hugs Dave, Pam and Nikki
Although the 'Old occupations' theme from last month didn't generate much interest, I thought we might try something more specific albeit along the same lines this month. So, does anyone have a Maid or a Cook, a Footman or a Butler (or any other position) in their tree? What can you share or what would you like to know about them? Stories, articles or questions on any aspect of the lifestyles of people from the immediate or more distant past are invited. They need not necessarily be about your own ancestors. Of course, continuation of previous 'topics of the month' or any other relevant subject are also welcome. A reminder and for those who may not know: Trivvies at Yahoo: Because Rootsweb allow only plain text messages on this List and to a lesser extent because they frown on 'off-topic' posts, some time ago our former Listowner, Sue, set up a Trivvies Yahoo Group where we can post photos, etc. in messages and are not restricted as to topic - provided it's not in bad taste or really contentious, of course. As a member of this list you are invited to join the Yahoo Trivvies Group at: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Trivvies/ To join, click the 'Join This Group' button at the upper right of the home page. Note 1: If you don't already have a Yahoo ID you will need to create one by clicking the 'Sign Up' link on the 'Join' page. Note 2: When you join you are given the option of receiving Group messages in either 'Fully Featured', or in 'Traditional' format. Almost everyone finds the traditional option to be far better. Whichever you choose can be changed later if you wish. Any questions or problems, please ask me. Geo. Gen-Trivia-Eng co-Listowner 'Yahoo Trivvies' Moderator
Wake up folks and welcome Glenda (I think) to the list. Hi, Glenda (my apologies if the name is wrong), I give you a warm welcome to the Trivvies. Perhaps you could confirm your name and give us a little background information such as where you live and what your research interests are - inquisitive minds will want to know. <g> Geo.
My great grandfather, William Donaldson, had three brothers who went first to Australia and then New Zealand. My interest in both countries comes from this familial connection. In my first university physics class I learned about my subject for today, Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Rutherford was born in New Zealand, and following his early education in New Zealand he went on to Trinity College, Cambridge. Following Cambridge, Rutherford moved to McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In 1907, Rutherford moved back to England and took up residence in Manchester and in 1908 he received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In addition to the following biography, the following URLs give more information by this brilliant man. http://www.rutherford.org.nz/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bpruth.html http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/rutherford.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford http://www.chemheritage.org/classroom/chemach/atomic/rutherford.html http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Rutherford.html Captn John Ernest Rutherford The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908 Biography Ernest Rutherford was born on August 30, 1871, in Nelson, New Zealand, the fourth child and second son in a family of seven sons and five daughters. His father James Rutherford, a Scottish wheelwright, emigrated to New Zealand with Ernest's grandfather and the whole family in 1842. His mother, née Martha Thompson, was an English schoolteacher, who, with her widowed mother, also went to live there in 1855. Ernest received his early education in Government schools and at the age of 16 entered Nelson Collegiate School. In 1889 he was awarded a University scholarship and he proceeded to the University of New Zealand, Wellington, where he entered Canterbury College*. He graduated M.A. in 1893 with a double first in Mathematics and Physical Science and he continued with research work at the College for a short time, receiving the B.Sc. degree the following year. That same year, 1894, he was awarded an 1851 Exhibition Science Scholarship, enabling him to go to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a research student at the Cavendish Laboratory under J.J. Thomson. In 1897 he was awarded the B.A. Research Degree and the Coutts-Trotter Studentship of Trinity College. An opportunity came when the Macdonald Chair of Physics at McGill University, Montreal, became vacant, and in 1898 he left for Canada to take up the post. Rutherford returned to England in 1907 to become Langworthy Professor of Physics in the University of Manchester, succeeding Sir Arthur Schuster, and in 1919 he accepted an invitation to succeed Sir Joseph Thomson as Cavendish Professor of Physics at Cambridge. He also became Chairman of the Advisory Council, H.M. Government, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; Professor of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institution, London; and Director of the Royal Society Mond Laboratory, Cambridge. Rutherford's first researches, in New Zealand, were concerned with the magnetic properties of iron exposed to high-frequency oscillations, and his thesis was entitled Magnetization of Iron by High-Frequency Discharges. He was one of the first to design highly original experiments with high-frequency, alternating currents. His second paper, Magnetic Viscosity, was published in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute (1896) and contains a description of a time-apparatus capable of measuring time intervals of a hundred-thousandth of a second. On his arrival at Cambridge his talents were quickly recognized by Professor Thomson. During his first spell at the Cavendish Laboratory, he invented a detector for electromagnetic waves, an essential feature being an ingenious magnetizing coil containing tiny bundles of magnetized iron wire. He worked jointly with Thomson on the behaviour of the ions observed in gases which had been treated with X-rays, and also, in 1897, on the mobility of ions in relation to the strength of the electric field, and on related topics such as the photoelectric effect. In 1898 he reported the existence of alpha and beta rays in uranium radiation and indicated some of their properties. In Montreal, there were ample opportunities for research at McGill, and his work on radioactive bodies, particularly on the emission of alpha rays, was continued in the Macdonald Laboratory. With R.B. Owens he studied the "emanation" of thorium and discovered a new noble gas, an isotope of radon, which was later to be known as thoron. Frederick Soddy arrived at McGill in 1900 from Oxford, and he collaborated with Rutherford in creating the "disintegration theory" of radioactivity which regards radioactive phenomena as atomic - not molecular - processes. The theory was supported by a large amount of experimental evidence, a number of new radioactive substances were discovered and their position in the series of transformations was fixed. Otto Hahn, who later discovered atomic fission, worked under Rutherford at the Montreal Laboratory in 1905-06. At Manchester, Rutherford continued his research on the properties of the radium emanation and of the alpha rays and, in conjunction with H. Geiger, a method of detecting a single alpha particle and counting the number emitted from radium was devised. In 1910, his investigations into the scattering of alpha rays and the nature of the inner structure of the atom which caused such scattering led to the postulation of his concept of the "nucleus", his greatest contribution to physics. According to him practically the whole mass of the atom and at the same time all positive charge of the atom is concentrated in a minute space at the centre. In 1912 Niels Bohr joined him at Manchester and he adapted Rutherford's nuclear structure to Max Planck's quantum theory and so obtained a theory of atomic structure which, with later improvements, mainly as a result of Heisenberg's concepts, remains valid to this day. In 1913, together with H. G. Moseley, he used cathode rays to bombard atoms of various elements and showed that the inner structures correspond with a group of lines which characterize the elements. Each element could then be assigned an atomic number and, more important, the properties of each element could be defined by this number. In 1919, during his last year at Manchester, he discovered that the nuclei of certain light elements, such as nitrogen, could be "disintegrated" by the impact of energetic alpha particles coming from some radioactive source, and that during this process fast protons were emitted. Blackett later proved, with the cloud chamber, that the nitrogen in this process was actually transformed into an oxygen isotope, so that Rutherford was the first to deliberately transmute one element into another. G. de Hevesy was also one of Rutherford's collaborators at Manchester. An inspiring leader of the Cavendish Laboratory, he steered numerous future Nobel Prize winners towards their great achievements: Chadwick, Blackett, Cockcroft and Walton; while other laureates worked with him at the Cavendish for shorter or longer periods: G.P. Thomson, Appleton, Powell, and Aston. C.D. Ellis, his co-author in 1919 and 1930, pointed out "that the majority of the experiments at the Cavendish were really started by Rutherford's direct or indirect suggestion". He remained active and working to the very end of his life. Rutherford published several books: Radioactivity (1904); Radioactive Transformations (1906), being his Silliman Lectures at Yale University; Radiation from Radioactive Substances, with James Chadwick and C.D. Ellis (1919, 1930) - a thoroughly documented book which serves as a chronological list of his many papers to learned societies, etc.; The Electrical Structure of Matter (1926); The Artificial Transmutation of the Elements (1933); The Newer Alchemy (1937). Rutherford was knighted in 1914; he was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1925, and in 1931 he was created First Baron Rutherford of Nelson, New Zealand, and Cambridge. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1903 and was its President from 1925 to 1930. Amongst his many honours, he was awarded the Rumford Medal (1905) and the Copley Medal (1922) of the Royal Society, the Bressa Prize (1910) of the Turin Academy of Science, the Albert Medal (1928) of the Royal Society of Arts, the Faraday Medal (1930) of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the D.Sc. degree of the University of New Zealand, and honorary doctorates from the Universities of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, McGill, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Yale, Glasgow, Giessen, Copenhagen, Cambridge, Dublin, Durham, Oxford, Liverpool, Toronto, Bristol, Cape Town, London and Leeds. Rutherford married Mary Newton, only daughter of Arthur and Mary de Renzy Newton, in 1900. Their only child, Eileen, married the physicist R.H. Fowler. Rutherford's chief recreations were golf and motoring. He died in Cambridge on October 19, 1937. His ashes were buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, just west of Sir Isaac Newton's tomb and by that of Lord Kelvin. >From Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1966
Dementia? Val xx----- > What would be the modern day name for inflammation of the brain? > Jean USA > > > > > "Geo." <bargeo@aapt.net.au> wrote: > They were a copper alloy - probably 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin. > However, the number of kids who've swalled copper coins over the years > with no ill effects probably numbers into the thousands. > > According to this and many other sites, the symptoms of copper poisoning > are quite varied; > http://preview.tinyurl.com/66bcwb > but "inflammation of the brain" doesn't appear amongst them. > > Incidentally, while Googling this subject I came across this little gem; > http://preview.tinyurl.com/5g7adr > it is very interesting and free to download. > > Geo. > > > I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening--what > was the halfpenny made of?? > > > > The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 > > Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. > > An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of > Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said > the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three > years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the > child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the > coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he > swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was > taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. > ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to > prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday > morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of > the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away > till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died > from accidental causes. > > ..... > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi Paul What a great page and a gorgeous Marcie, I wish her a Happy Birthday and many more Val xx > Thank you all for your birthday wishes which has reminded me to post a > link > to our Marcie's 14th birthday celebratory web page. For those not aware > of > it, 14 years is a really good age for a giant breed such as the Pyrenean > Mountain Dog. > > http://marcie.110mb.com/marcie.htm > > Love > > Paul > > > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Encephalitis, I think. Howard > What would be the modern day name for inflammation of the brain? > Jean USA > > > > > "Geo." <bargeo@aapt.net.au> wrote: > They were a copper alloy - probably 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin. However, the number of kids who've swalled copper coins over the years with no ill effects probably numbers into the thousands. > > According to this and many other sites, the symptoms of copper poisoning are quite varied; > http://preview.tinyurl.com/66bcwb > but "inflammation of the brain" doesn't appear amongst them. > > Incidentally, while Googling this subject I came across this little gem; > http://preview.tinyurl.com/5g7adr > it is very interesting and free to download. > > Geo. > > > I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening--what was the halfpenny made of?? > > > > The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 > > Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. > > An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. > > ..... > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
What would be the modern day name for inflammation of the brain? Jean USA "Geo." <bargeo@aapt.net.au> wrote: They were a copper alloy - probably 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin. However, the number of kids who've swalled copper coins over the years with no ill effects probably numbers into the thousands. According to this and many other sites, the symptoms of copper poisoning are quite varied; http://preview.tinyurl.com/66bcwb but "inflammation of the brain" doesn't appear amongst them. Incidentally, while Googling this subject I came across this little gem; http://preview.tinyurl.com/5g7adr it is very interesting and free to download. Geo. I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening--what was the halfpenny made of?? The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. ..... "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Marcie is a beautiful dog. I'm glad she had such a nice birthday. That is a good age for a large dog. What is the average age for a Pyrenean Mountain dog? She made a lovely bridesmaid,also. Jean USA Paul Vivash <epvivash@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: Thank you all for your birthday wishes which has reminded me to post a link to our Marcie's 14th birthday celebratory web page. For those not aware of it, 14 years is a really good age for a giant breed such as the Pyrenean Mountain Dog. http://marcie.110mb.com/marcie.htm Love Paul "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
They were a copper alloy - probably 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin. However, the number of kids who've swalled copper coins over the years with no ill effects probably numbers into the thousands. According to this and many other sites, the symptoms of copper poisoning are quite varied; http://preview.tinyurl.com/66bcwb but "inflammation of the brain" doesn't appear amongst them. Incidentally, while Googling this subject I came across this little gem; http://preview.tinyurl.com/5g7adr it is very interesting and free to download. Geo. I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening--what was the halfpenny made of?? The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. .....
Thank you all for your birthday wishes which has reminded me to post a link to our Marcie's 14th birthday celebratory web page. For those not aware of it, 14 years is a really good age for a giant breed such as the Pyrenean Mountain Dog. http://marcie.110mb.com/marcie.htm Love Paul
I think they were made of copper. Maggie On 26 Aug 2008, at 22:43, J. William Himmelsbach wrote: > I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening-- > what was the halfpenny made of?? > > > > > > > "Geo." <bargeo@gmail.com> wrote: > Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. > > Geo. > > > The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 > > Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. > > An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the > body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's > grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death > of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a > halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I > will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the > halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered > considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the > Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. > ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible > to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on > Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was > inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had > gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and > bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. > > ..... > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message
Hope you're having a great day Paul Trace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Cox" <bumblestum@ntlworld.com> To: <gen-trivia-eng@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:58 AM Subject: [TRIVVIES] Birthday reminder for tomorrow (26th) > Off to Wales (I think) for the celebration of this young mans birthday, > Happy Happy Birthday Paul > Lots of Love and Hugs > Dave, Pam and Nikki > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1631 - Release Date: 24/08/2008 > 12:15 > >
Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. Geo. The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. .....
Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. Geo. The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 Cruelty in Sport At the Alexander Palace, one Zaeo, "the flying trapezes," was advertised to execute a feat called the "Balista flight," the point of which consisted in the performer's being shot from a box by a powerful spring, under the impulse of which she was to make several evolutions and then descent into a net. In one of the rehearsals Zaeo struck her head against a projecting iron, and fell into the net senseless and streaming with blood. In speaking of this accident we said that, after what had happened, there need be no fear of the "Balista flight" being actually performed. In this respect we under-rated the zeal of the British manager. Possibly at the Alexander Palace it was not performed. But, if so, others were ready to rush in where the directors of the Alexander Palace feared to tread. The "Balista flight," or something closely resembling it, has been performed at the Aquarium, and on Saturday the waiting public were gratified by the accident which they had presumably hoped to see. The cause of the accident this time was not a projecting iron, but the over-strength of the spring by which the performer is shot out of the box. Zaeo was sent forward with so much force that she broke through the net placed to receive her, and struck the ground beneath with a crash, and received much injury. Yet she is appearing again this week. Saturday Review. .....
Happy Birthday Paul if you are still with us Val xx > Off to Wales (I think) for the celebration of this young mans birthday, > Happy Happy Birthday Paul > Lots of Love and Hugs > Dave, Pam and Nikki > > > "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? > If not, PLEASE change it." > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening--what was the halfpenny made of?? "Geo." <bargeo@gmail.com> wrote: Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. Geo. The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. ..... "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
I wonder if the child didn't die from some form of metal poisening--what was the halfpenny made of?? "Geo." <bargeo@gmail.com> wrote: Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. Geo. The Carlisle Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 Death from Swallowing a Halfpenny. An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. ..... "IS THE SUBJECT LINE STILL RELEVANT? If not, PLEASE change it." ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-TRIVIA-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Oh how horrible and so sad. Maggie On 26 Aug 2008, at 08:54, Geo. wrote: > Transcribed by Susan Bergeron. > > Geo. > > The Carlisle > Patriot Friday, February 13, 1880 > > Death from > Swallowing a Halfpenny. > > An inquest was held before the Leeds coroner, on Tuesday, over the > body of Henry John THORPE, a boy of nearly six years. The boy's > grandfather said the child, who had lived with him since the death > of his father three years ago, was playing in the house with a > halfpenny. A cousin of the child's entered the room and said, "I > will have that" alluding to the coin. The deceased clutched the > halfpenny, and placing it in his mouth he swallowed it. He suffered > considerably for some time, and in November was taken to the > Infirmary, and three weeks ago he parted with the coin. Dr. > ARMISTEAD had previously attended him, but it was found impossible > to prevent the consequences of the mishap, the child dying on > Saturday morning at one o'clock. The immediate cause of death was > inflammation of the brain, and the doctor said the boy's system had > gradually wasted away till there was little left of him but skin and > bone. The verdict was died from accidental causes. > > ..... > > __._,_.___ > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > to Fully Featured > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > > __,_._,___