From: G6JPG@255soft.uk
In message , Athel Cornish-Bowden
writes:
>On 2019-10-09 14:26:54 +0000, Ian Goddard said:
>
>> On 09/10/19 10:44, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> One of my great great grandfathers died after falling from his
>>>horse. Fortunately for me he left issue.
(My notes on my GGGF say "fell off a ladder, according to my mother" -
comment itself ascribed to my Grandma. [Seems very plausible, as he was
a builder, and died young.])
>> Without actually counting the number of greats, I have a similar
>>example. He was coming back from market day so that might have had a
>>bearing.
(-:
>> On the other side of my family I Kirkburton Parish Register has a
>>burial on 11 Jun 1786 "Sarah and Mary daughters of James Knutton of
>>Mythambridge in Thurstonland the one aged 23 years and the other 28
>>They died on the same day and at about the same hour of the day and
>>were buried in the same grave."
Were they run down by a cart being driven by a man returning from the
market? (Sorry.)
>
>I'm reminded of the Rev. John Burgess Karslake, one of my great^4
>grandfathers, who survived a fire in his house in South Molton in
>1748/9 a few hours after he was born, in which both his parents and two
>brothers died. He was saved by his nurse, who tied him up in her apron
>and jumped out of a window. I haven't seen it, but I believe there is a
>memorial plaque in the church.
>
I hope the plaque mentions the heroism of the nurse. Though I wouldn't
be surprised if it doesn't.
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