Publications
A verdict of accidental death, by Eleanor Dilley, published March 2008 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 18 no. 1, article, pp.38-39) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508968] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:An envelope from the GRO is always cause for excitement. What new information will I find about my family in it? I have learned so much about my father's family in this past year, at least some of which I am sure he never knew.
My father's cousin, Thomas BUSS, died at the age of 11 in May 1905. I had assumed that his death was caused by an illness and had applied for a copy of his death certificate. I opened the envelope and read, almost with disbelief:
Cause of death: Injuries accidentally sustained by coming into contact with a Motor Car. Signature, description and residence of informant: Certificate received from Charles SHEPPARD, Coroner for the Rape of Hastings. Inquest held 19 May 1905.
How extraordinary for this 11-year-old boy to die in this way in the little village of Brightling in East Sussex in 1905. I had to find out more about it.
My father's cousin, Thomas BUSS, died at the age of 11 in May 1905. I had assumed that his death was caused by an illness and had applied for a copy of his death certificate. I opened the envelope and read, almost with disbelief:
Cause of death: Injuries accidentally sustained by coming into contact with a Motor Car. Signature, description and residence of informant: Certificate received from Charles SHEPPARD, Coroner for the Rape of Hastings. Inquest held 19 May 1905.
How extraordinary for this 11-year-old boy to die in this way in the little village of Brightling in East Sussex in 1905. I had to find out more about it.