pricilla emma gratton

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Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	7 Sep 2013 18:19
	But I won the race, Shirley, I was one minute ahead of you!
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	7 Sep 2013 18:40
	True Margee I am on Google chrome and forget to refresh the page when i have been off looking up things
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 3,677 Send Message	Tenerife Sun	Report	7 Sep 2013 18:40
	Her father, Philip Gratton, probably died in an accident North Devon Journal Thurs. 20th January 1870 Philip Gratton of Tawstock(Tavistock) while feeding a steam trashing machine, slipped from the board on which he was standing, and his left leg having been caught in the machinery it was so fearfully torn it was deemed necessary to amputate it above the knee. The operation was performed at the North Devon Infirmary where he is progressing favourably. BUT The North Devon Journal Thurs 3rd February 1870 The man named as Phillip Gratton who tore his leg in a trashing machine at Tutshill Farm, PILTON .......EXPIRED ON Monday at mid day....he leaves a widow and four children.....Verdict of Accidental Death....the jury very kindly gave their fees to the widow and the coroner added 2s.6d to them. It is a long and very graphic report on his accident and how it happened. I think it works out that he died on Monday 31st January 1870
	Researching: Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	7 Sep 2013 21:39
	2 curious things. The fact that he was on the 71 census when he'd been dead for more than a year and the fact that he left 4 children but Priscilla hadn't been born yet and there were only 4 children on the 71 census. I can't see a death for another child.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 3,677 Send Message	Tenerife Sun	Report	7 Sep 2013 22:10
	It's just possible that Caroline was pregnant with Priscilla (if she was born in July) and that they counted her as a child.
	Researching: Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 71 Send Message	sue1946	Report	8 Sep 2013 09:02
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 71 Send Message	thank you all so much for your help yet again it is much apreshated sue :-) :-)
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 71 Send Message	sue1946	Report	8 Sep 2013 09:03
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 71 Send Message	thank you all so much for your help yet again it is much apreshated sue :-) :-)
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 71 Send Message	sue1946	Report	8 Sep 2013 09:38
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 71 Send Message	Could you please tell me the website address that you got the north devon journal story up on as i cant seem to find the archives
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 3,677 Send Message	Tenerife Sun	Report	8 Sep 2013 11:03
	Hi Sue I found it in the British Newspapers section on the Find My Past site. You need a sub or credits to use it. I couldn't find anything else on this family. I think that GR has newspapers too if you are a platinum member, I don't know if the info is the same as FMP Wendy
	Researching: Matthew and Jane Elwood who had my great great grandfather Francis Edward Elwood baptised in 1807 at Horsham Sussex. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL

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