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Hi all..
I have CD for Tewkesbury Yearly Register & Magazine for 1830 - 1839 and 1840 - 1849 (Gloucestershire)
Here's a little bit about it..
A list of those who died in a cholera outbreak with details of the way they died, their address and occupation. It lists marriages and deaths, of people originating from outside the area, so if your ancestor disappears but is known to be in the Tewkesbury area.
It also contains the 1832 and 1835 Poll Books - it has detailed descriptions of the elections, how they were carried out, and even who supported whom.
Here's some examples
Marriage - 1840
JULY 7.—At Coleshill, the Rev. James Gorle, M. A. Curate
of Sheldon, near Birmingham, to Hannah, only daughter of
the late John Jones Barker, Esq. surgeon, of Coleshill
Death - 1840
24.—In his 62d year, Mr. Thomas Boulter, butcher, of
Church-Street, who suddenly fell down in the street, in a fit
of apoplexy, and expired in a few minutes. He was once a
pugilist of some provincial eminence, and in 1813 sustained a
memorable prize-fight, at Treddington, with Mr. Thomas
Clarke, a farmer, of Aston-upon-Carron: here, after a contest
which lasted for upwards of an hour and a half, he was fairly
vanquished, although (as the author of the " Comic Annual"
has described one of his fraternity,) he was literally
"A killing Butcher:—
" A. sturdy man he look'd to fell an ox,
" Bull-fronted, ruddy, with a formal streak
" Of well-greased hair dowa either cheek."
Memoranda - 1840
Nov. 3.—At an early hour in the morning, the lifeless
body of Mr. George Cox, horse-dealer, of Chaceley, was found
in the lane leading from this borough to the Lower Lode
Ferry. At the coroner's inquisition, held in the course of the
day, it appeared that Mr. Cox had attended a tithe audit at
the Bell Inn, where he dined with several of his neighbours,
and that he left Tewkesbury about nine o'clock in the evening,
accompanied by Mr. Pope, Mr. Higgins and Mr. Ireland, who
missed him when they arrived at the passage over the Severn;
after waiting some time for the deceased, and informing the
boatman that they expected him soon to follow them, they
crossed the "river, and proceeded on their way home, little
anticipating that they should never again behold their late
companion and highly respected neighbour. It was
supposed that he died of apoplexy, and the jury returned
a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." Mr. Cox was
about fifty years of age, and left a widow and several children
very inadequately provided for, in whose behalf a contribution
was afterwards made by his friends
Obviously post here if you want me to do a lookup ;o)
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