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Jean

Jean Report 30 Apr 2020 10:49

Hello could any one please help .i am looking for information on jessie breeze born 1852.she was my great grandfathers sister .i have reason to believe that she died aged 47 .in st nickolas church yard in yarmouth .in 1903 .i dont have access to news paper records any help on this lady is much appreciated thank you

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 10:53

Start by looking for the death on freebmd

If she was born 1852, she’d have been at least 50 in 1903



KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 30 Apr 2020 11:01

This is the death record:-

First name(s) JESSIE
Last name BREEZE
Gender Unknown
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1856
Age 47
Death quarter 2
Death year 1903
District Yarmouth
County Norfolk
Volume 4B
Page 11
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

I would imagine that the birth for the lady above is this one:-

First name(s) JESSIE MARIA
Last name BREEZE
Birth year 1857
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Allard
District Erpingham
County Norfolk
Country England
Volume 4B
Page 50
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records.

If you are sure she was born in 1852 then this is more likely to be her birth:-

First name(s) JESSY
Last name BREEZE
Birth year 1852
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Ablett
District Mutford
County Suffolk
Country England
Volume 4A
Page 600
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Do you know what the maiden name of your great-grandfather was?

Kath. x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 11:06

BREEZE, JESSY ABLETT
GRO Reference: 1852 S Quarter in MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND Volume 04A Page 600

Name: Susannah Yeams
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Birth Date: 1820
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1841
Marriage Place: Saint Giles, Norfolk, England
Spouse: Frederick Breeze
FHL Film Number: 1595923

Name: Frederick A Breeze
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: 1821
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Susanah Breeze
Gender: Male
Where born: Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Civil Parish: Lowestoft
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Lowestoft
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Registration district: Mutford
Sub-registration district: Lowestoft
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 81
Piece: 1187
Folio: 249
Page Number: 17
Household Members:
Name Age
Frederick A Breeze 40
Susanah Breeze 41
Frederick A Breeze 21
Joseph Albert Breeze 14
William Breeze 12
Jessie Breeze 9
Charles N Breeze 7
Alice Breeze 5
Arther G Breeze 1

Jean

Jean Report 30 Apr 2020 11:07

Hello jessie breeze her mother was susannah breeze nee yeams ablett was her grandmothers married name mercy ablett .thank you kath

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 11:08

Name: Susanna Breeze
Age: 62
Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Relationship to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Ramsgate, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Great Yarmouth
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England
Street address: 5 New Vauxhall Terrace
Marital status: Widow
Registration district: Yarmouth
Sub registration district: Yarmouth Northern
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1912
Folio: 13
Page Number: 20
Household Members:
Name Age
Susanna Breeze 62
Jessie Breeze 26*****************
Alice Breeze 23
George Breeze 3
Elizabeth Ablett 45

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 11:24

Name: Jessie Breeze
Age: 47
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1856
Death Date: abt 1903
Death Place: Found Dead in St Nicholas Church Yard Yarmouth
Burial Date: 22 Apr 1903
Burial Place: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Cemetery Section: W
Grave Number: 649
Interment Number: 15082
Cemetery Notes: Consecrated

Abode: Workhouse

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 11:24

Name: Jessy Breeye
[Jessie Breeze]
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: 1853
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Lowestoft Suffolk England
Civil Parish: Great Yarmouth
Ecclesiastical parish: Norwich
Town: Great Yarmouth
County/Island: Norfolk
Country: England
Registration district: Yarmouth
Sub-registration district: Yarmouth Southern
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Household schedule number: 100
Piece: 1786
Folio: 135
Page Number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
Mercy Abbett 75
Elizabeth Abbett 36
Elizabeth Heath 36
Susannah Breeye 30
Jessy Breeye 18
Charles Breeye 17
Alice Breeye 14
George Breeye 11

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 11:27

churchyard, and was in the habit of going there to rest. Some of the officers the police force have identified her as Jessie Breeze, who waa well-known local character. It is stated that she has no relatives residing in Yarmouth. only article found, when
20 April 1903 - Eastern Daily Press - Norwich, Norfolk, E

My sub doesn't stretch to anything more

I expect the paper has an archivist who would look it up for you when the curent emergency is over

https://www.edp24.co.uk/home

Jean

Jean Report 30 Apr 2020 11:35

Thank you ericka .i was told by family that she had been found dead in church yard but didnt know if it was natural causes or murder .and i havent acsessto news papers

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 11:48

Contact the paper as advised when the situation in the world changes

Maddie

Maddie Report 30 Apr 2020 14:25

the full article can be viewed on find my past, says it looks like she died suddenly and looked peaceful

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 30 Apr 2020 14:44

It's also viewable for 5 credits on GR's link to the British Newspaper Archive (under "Search'" at the top right of this page).

WOMAN'S DEATH IN THE CHURCHYARD
On Saturday afternoon a man named William Read of Row 123, who was searching the walls around St Nicholas' Churchyard for snails for birds, made a singular discovery in a shed, now disused, standing in the north-east corner.
He there saw a woman lying on the ground on her back, her head resting on a stone, and her hat beside her.
She was quite dead, and he apprised Police Constable Read and Sergeant Herring.
Life could not have been extinct long, for rigor mortis had not set in.
There were no signs of any struggle, and from the peaceful expression on the woman's face, she had apparently died suddenly and painlessly. The body was conveyed to the Mortuary to await an inquest.
Mr Mann, the sexton, says he has often seen the dead woman in the churchyard, and she was in the habit of going there to rest.
Some of the officers of the police force have identified her as Jessie Breeze, who was a well-known local character.
It is stated that she has no relatives residing in Yarmouth.
The only article found, when deceased's clothing was searched, was an old comb.

alviegal

alviegal Report 30 Apr 2020 14:57

Poor woman seems to have been known to the police and had a pretty tough life.

TODAY’S YARMOUTH POLICE. [Before Messrs. T. J. Saul (chairman) and J. Sutton,]TlRED, NOT DRUNK. | Jessie Breeze was charged with being drunk and incapable. Police-constable Chase said that on Wednesday afternoon he saw prisoner very drunk on the west side of the river. She fell down near Clarke's Mill. She was unable to get up, and he took her to the station. PRISONER- I was more tired than drunk. I had been walking about all day. She was fined 5s and costs or 7 days.

05 October 1899 - Eastern Evening News - Norwich, Norfolk, England

alviegal

alviegal Report 30 Apr 2020 15:16

Jessie Maria b 1857 married Frederick Oakley.

Breeze
Jessie Maria
1876

Norfolk Banns And Marriages

Gimingham, Norfolk, England

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 30 Apr 2020 15:22

Deaths

BREEZE - On the 18th inst, at St Nicholas Churchyard, Great Yarmough, Jessie Breeze, aged 47 years.

Yarmouth Independent, 25th April 1903.


Of course, as we keep saying, the age stated on a death cert is only as accurate as the informant's knowledge , and in this case, with no family nearby, 47 may have been a guess by the police.

Jean

Jean Report 30 Apr 2020 15:39

I would like to thank everyone who helped me today reguarding jessie breeze .also thank you for sending me the full piece that was wrote in the paper .it was much appreciated .

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 30 Apr 2020 16:03

Very generous of you AG, to use your credits for this enquiry

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 30 Apr 2020 16:07

They've been sitting there unused, Erika, as like most of us I don't normally look at any records on GR .