General Chat

For my mother's sister:

Phoebe Sybille Mocock - 1920-1924. She had cerebral palsy - although as I have not sent off for her death certificate I am not sure how she died.

Jill

Thanks for this thread.

Sometimes people ask me why I want to trace my family history. One of the reasons is that I don't want my ancestors to be forgotten, even their names unknown.

One such ancestor, my great aunt Charlotte died in St. Pancras, London, in sad circumstances, saving her baby sister's (my grandmother's) life.

Charlotte was asked by her mother to take her young sister, aged 2, to the University College Hospital for treatment for an eye problem. On the way back, Charlotte, with the baby in her arms, was crossing Euston Road, and was knocked down by a horse drawn omnibus, these were quite large vehicles, with two decks, and the driver felt the wheels go over her. At the last second, knowing that she would be hit, she threw her little baby sister as hard as she could, out of danger.

Charlotte did not die immediately, and her inquest report states that even though badly injured with a broken jaw, multiple rib fractures and vomiting blood, she asked if the baby was hurt.

Charlotte died, in the same hospital to which she had taken the baby for treatment, from pneumonia. She was just 13 years old.

If she hadn't thrown that baby clear, I wouldn't be here. So thank you, dear Charlotte, and you are not forgotten.

I'd also like to remember other ancestors who died in infancy.

Sarah, My GGAunt, who died aged 2 from diarrohea. Particularly sad as her father was tragically killed whilst her mother was expecting Sarah.

Sarah's mother, my GG Grandmother, married again 10 years later and died from septicaemia after giving birth to a baby boy, George, 6 days before. Sadly the baby died at only 4 days old, his death certificate states he was found suffocated in bed. I believe his mother, in her delerium, possibly laid on him.

And finally, little Edward, my uncle who died at 4 months of a brain haemorrage after suffering diarrohea vomiting and pneumonia.

RIP little ones.

Dee
x

I have quite a lot from my tree, I'm afraid. Have shed tears many a time upon discovering yet another lost child...

Charles Wm Sanger 1840 - 1849 (cholera)
Christopher Sanger 1842 - 1843 ("Inflammation")
James Christopher Sanger 1847 - 1851 (Small Pox)
Charles Alfred Sanger 1864 - 1866 (Convulsions)
George Sanger 1866 - 1881 (TB)

(all the above were brothers of my Grt Gt Grandfather - although some were his half-brothers).

Then my Grt Grt Grandfather lost several children himself (my Grt Gran never mentioned any of them to any of her descendants):

Harry Sanger 1886 - 1887 (Scarlatina)
Christopher John Sanger 1889 - 1890 (Bronchitis)
Rosetta Sanger 1891 - 1896
Eliza Sanger 1893 - 1894 (exhaustion, broncho pneumonia)

From my Westwood branch (my grt grandad's siblings):

Catherine Westwood - Oct 1886 - Nov 1886 (Diarrhea, Convulsions)
Martha Westwood - May 1893 - Dec 1893 (Enteritis)
Michael Westwood - Oct 1894 - Oct 1894 (died aged 29 days - Marasmus and Convulsions) - this poor wee tot lost his mum at birth!

From my Ingles branch (my Grt Grt Grandma Mary Ingles (the mother of the above Westwood children) lost these siblings):

Andrew Inglis - 1855 - 1855
William Ingles - 1856 - 1859 (Diarrhea)
Daniel Ingles - 1864 - 1865 (Scrofulous Glandular abscess on the neck)


I have so many more, the list goes on and on but I'll stop there as it's quite upsetting when you see them all listed together like this.

They were all forgotten children until I found them by doing this research and now they are united with their families on the family tree, where they rightly belong.

Athena

My Dad's brother William, born 7/71904 died same day.

My mother's brother George died aged 3 months in 1918.

My Grandfather's nine siblings who died at birth in the late 1800's, not even named.

VICTOR HUTCHISON
1946- 1948
THE BROTHER I SHOULD HAVE HAD

Remebering baby Herbert who died aged 15 days in 1917 and would have been my Uncle also all of the babies who died under 6 months old who were born to my G Grandparents , I'm so pleased to have found you after so long , RIP.

My sister Julie Pittaway January 1968 only lived for 30 MIns,
You were born and died on the same day but in our hearts you will always stay

My stillborn sister born 1962 but never really talked about, even so recently.

Linda x

My stillborn sister, Julia, 1959. She would have been a lovely daughter for my Mother and Step father.
Taken to be with other 'little angels'.
Sue x

Ronald Frederick Arthur Fasey .
My parents first born Oct 1930 to Jan 1931 aged 3 months

All of us kids grew up knowing about you.,you were always part of the family

xx Shirley

thank you mick for adding
if we didnt go looking for them then no one would ever no them they would never be added to our trees
joycex

Can we add all the little Angels (stillborn) that will never even get on the register (here in Ireland) anyway or the cences to be remembered only in their parents hearts including my baby daughter Elizabeth August 22 1976.
sleep peacefully little one.
Betty.

Mary Ann O'Neill 1860 Ireland
Elizabeth O'Neill 1862 Ireland

Both killed in a house fire in 1863

Only known about as their Dad wrote their names in a book

My grandfather's only daughter-
Jane Evelyn born 1887 died less than a year old.

xxxx mick

thank you
angie
kate
rocky
sue
for adding your little ones
joycex

My only uncles.

Little John and Michael who were twins and died at birth (or very soon after) in 1931.

Sue

Quite a few, I'm afraid, here . . . (not all of them, but some)

My uncle Joseph Hurst, Dec 1938-8 Mar 1940
His aunt Margaret Angela Hurst 2 Oct 1917-3 Feb 1930
William and Elizabeth Hurst 1851-1852
Their sister Ellen 1843-c.1848 and another sister Elizabeth 1845 (aged 5 weeks)
Mary Susannah Hurst died 31 Jan 1877 on her 3rd birthday

Eliza Annie Rowland 22 Apr 1894-11
Samuel Rowland (her great-uncle) January to March 1851

Joseph Yates May-Sept 1887
His brother John Yates Jun-Sep 1878

Anne Worsley 1844-45
Thomas Woodcock 1845-58
Mary Woodcock 1848-52
John Woodcock 1850-52

Elizabeth Alice (1839-43), Mary (1841-1841), Charlotte (1824-1826), Fanny (1863-63) and Fred (1883-84) Skillington

Benjamin (1898-1912), William (1882-83), Hannah (1890-90) and Henrietta Rothwell (1888-94).

thank you moonshine
for adding
joycex

My mum's little brother Tony, died 27th June 1949. xxx

thank you
helen
anna
rosalyn
sue
thank you for adding your (babies) if you didnt look ? for them they may never be found