William Bolstridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• Proviso: See Notes
• Residence: 1842, Toll Bar Lane, Bulkington, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

On the Wedding entry we have William son Thomas Ribbon Weaver of Exhall. This is the only Thomas that can be Williams father in the area.

William married Hannah Giddins on 4 Jun 1838 in Saint Giles, Exhall, Warwickshire, England. Hannah (daughter of William Giddings and Elizabeth Masters) was born in May 1817 in Bulkington, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Birth Index: Dec 1838; Nuneaton 16 - 372
• Baptism: 9 Dec 1838, Saint James, Bulkington, Warwickshire, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Harriet Bolstridge
• GRO Birth Index: Jun 1840; Nuneaton 16 - 429
• GRO Death Index: Sep 1841; Nuneaton 16 - 283

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Harriet Bolstridge
• GRO Birth Index: Dec 1842; Nuneaton 16 - 415
• Occupation: 1860; Cotton Throwster
• GRO Death Index: Mar 1860; Atherstone 6d - 197

Notes:

From the Coventry Herald, Friday, February 24th. 1860 (Courtesy Peter Lee)
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FOUND DROWNED - On Sunday last as two young men residing in Nuneaton, and a labouring man, George Wright, from Bulkington, were passing the canal near Chilvers Coton, they observed something in the water which they thought to be a horse cloth. After trying some time with sticks to get it nearer the side, and as it turned over the face of a young woman presented itself, and for a moment they were terrified at the spectacle. The body was got out of the Water and conveyed to the Anchor Inn. It proved to be the body of Harriet Bolestridge, a female about 19 years of age, who had been engaged at work in Mr Townsend's silk throwing factory at Attleborough. The inquest was held Tuesday last at the Anchor Inn, Hartshill, before Alfred Carter, esq. Coroner. A mass of evidence was adduced which went to show that she was of unsound mind, and had repeatedly threatened to commit suicide - indeed she made an attempt to drown herself two months ago. She was engaged to a young man named Jonah Allen. but frequently told him she liked some one else better than him. On Saturday evening she went to a public house and called for half a pint of rum and soon afterwards half a pint of ale; she then left the house and was never again seen alive. At half past ten on the following morning the body of the deceased was found as above described in the canal. Under a bush close by the towing path was found a bundle containing a shawl and prayer book belonging to the deceased. There was also a letter in the bundle, the contents of which were as follows: - " Fare ye well my tender mother, and do not grieve; nor my sister love, nor brother, for this world I now must leave. I leave my sister my gold ring, my sampler, and all my little things, for I am in death. Jonah brought me to my grave early in youth; for I am in my bloom cut down like a flower from a tree. I am poison myself. Let Jane see me; pray do not fret for me - I am dead and gone, and my soul is lost for ever. Farewell all my friends, Jonah Allen brought me to this, but God will not forgive me. " The letter bore no date. There was nothing to prove any misconduct on the part of the young man, Allen, of whom the witnesses generally spoke well; and the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity " .
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