Mary Harriet Bolstridge

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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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:

• Name: Hannah Gibbins
• Residence at marriage: Exhall, Warwickshire, England
• Baptism: 20 Jun 1817, Bulkington, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1841, The Green, Bulkington, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1842 Census Bulkington
William Hannah's Husband is not listed although he registered a daughter in 1842 at Bulkington
SE side of the Green
William GIDDINS 45 Ag Lab Y
Elizabeth GIDDINS 55 Silk Winder Y
Hannah BOLSTRIDGE 25 Ribbon Weaver Y
Harriet BOLSTRIDGE 1 Y
William GIDDINS 7 Y
Harriett ADLER 9m Y
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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Ribbon Weaver
• Baptism: 9 Sep 1781, All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1841, Enly, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1851, Black Bank, Exhall, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1861, Almshouses, Market Street, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1841 Census Foleshill Folio 36 HO 107 1104
Enly
Thomas Bolstridge 60 Ribbon Weaver Yes
Mary Bolstridge Ribbon Weaver 60 Yes
William Bolstridge Ribbon Weaver 25 Yes
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1851 Census HO/107/2066Folio:170
Black Bank Exhall in Foleshill
Thomas BOLSTRIDGE Head W 69 /M Ribbon Weaver Bedworth - War
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and Next Door

Rhodea RITCHISON Head W 46/ F Ribbon Weaver Bedworth - War
Jane RITCHISON DaurW20/F Ribbon Weaver Bedworth - War
Thomas RITCHISON Son - 14/M Miner Coal Bedworth - War
Albert RITCHISON Son - 7/M Scholar Bedworth - War
Lucey RITCHISON Daur - 8m/ F--- Bedworth - War
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1861 Census Market Street Hospital (Alms Houses)
Thomas Bolstridge Head Widower Almsman b. Bedworth.
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Thomas married Lucy Brown on 18 May 1803 in All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. Lucy (daughter of William Brown and Elizabeth UNKNOWN) was born in Nov 1787 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; died in Mar 1811 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 24 Mar 1811 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1841 and 1851, The Green, Bulkington, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1841; Agricultural Labourer
• Occupation: 1851; Silk Winder

Notes:

1841 Census Bulkington
SE side of the Green
William GIDDINS 45 Ag Lab Y
Elizabeth GIDDINS 55 Silk Winder Y
Hannah BOLSTRIDGE 25 Ribbon Weaver Y
Harriet BOLSTRIDGE 1 Y
William GIDDINS 7 Y
Harriett ADLER 9m Y
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1851 Census Bulkington SE side Green
William Giddins Head 58 Silk Winder b. Sowe WAR
Elizabeth Giddins Wife 69 b. Burberry WAR (Birdingbury)
William Giddins Grandson 19 Hand Loom Ribbon Weaver Silk b. Bulkington
William Elson Lodger 20 ---------------------------"------------------------
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William married Elizabeth Masters on 2 Oct 1814 in Wolston, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1782 in Birdingbury, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 May 1744, All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

William married Martha Shilton on 1 Feb 1768 in All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. Martha (daughter of John Shilton and Elizabeth Stinson) was born in Jan 1749 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; died in Sep 1820 in Bedworth, Warwickshire, England; was buried on 1 Oct 1820 in All Saints Churchyard, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jan 1749, All Saints, Bedworth, Warwickshire, England

William married Elizabeth UNKNOWN. Elizabeth was born about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]