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I thought this might help someone. > > I found a little book with my mothers things, it was my Great-grandmothers > her name was Bathiah Jewes born December 5th 1870. Level Street, > Kingswinford, Stourbridge, Staffordshire. Parents: Thomas Jewess "puddler" > and Mary Ann (Evans) Jewess. > > Entries written between 1886 and 1895. In 1886 she was 16 years old. > > Mr. Steward dce was hurt on the 2nd of Oct and > died on the 3rd of Oct 1886. Arnoll > > John C. Jones on the 23rd Sept 1886 died > suddenly. > > Mr. Rudge committed suicide on the 26th of > June 1887. > > Mr. Mace died on the 20th of June 1887. > > Edwurd Brown did on the 1st of March 1887. > > Great fire at Hales Dudley on the 4th of March > 1887. > > William Pearce was killed on the 4th of March > 1887 Halesowen Road Old Hill aged 16. > > Mr. Eld of Brierley Hill died suddenly on Saturday > March 26th 1887. > > Mr. Tos. Barnbrook of the Delph was killed at the > Saltwell Colliery on March 23rd 1887. > > Bridge accident at Seven Dwellings on the 27th of > Sept 1887, one man killed. > > A boiler explosion at Missrs Brown and Freers Iron > Works Brockmore on Oct 11, 1887. > > Fire at Nestwood S. Wrights Hope Works, Road Oak > on Oct. 22nd 1887 > > Fire at Prestwoods at Pearsons Farm on the 29th of > Oct 1887. > > Mr. Insull died on the 17th of Dec 1887. > > Mrs. Weeler did on the 28th of Dec 1887. > > Daniel Tompson aged 5 died on Christmas day 1887. > > Fire at Brettlelane Goods Office on the 1st of Nov 1887. > > Greenways Bank failed on the 6th of Sep 1887. > > The plantation of trees on the Brierley Hill Nov 12th 1888. > > Mr. Gill died on Oct 23rd 1888. > > Hart's Hill Glassworks opened on Oct 15th 1888. > > Fire at Brierley Hill at Northwoods of Ostin's Shop on the > 25th of Dec 1888. > > Fire at Dudley Station on the 7th of January 1889. > > Two found drowned on the pound between the 3rd & 4th > lock on the 3rd of Jan 1889. Walters----Cotnock > > Railway accident at Pensnett on the 18th of Feb 1889. > > Mr. Greenhill died on the 27th of Feb 1889. > > Bathiah Gill married on the 28th of Feb 1889 to Thomas > Aherton. > > Edward Ward was hurt on the night of the 11th of March > and died on the 14th 1889. > > Cock Willets died on the 12th of March 1889. > > Lot Shakespeare's son Bertie was killed by the tram on > the 24th of May 1889. > > John Powell died on the 28th of Aug 1889. Flogger. > > Eli Beckley grocer died on the 25th of August 1889 Brockmoor. > > John Winwood died on the 5th of Sept 1889. > > Mrs. Aherton died on the 9th of Jan 1890, Bathiah Gill. > > Doctor Ashmead died on the 26th of Dec 1889. > > Mr. Moore poisoned himself on the 10th of Jan 1890. > Chemist. > > Roland Thompson died on the 8th of Jan 1890. > > Mrs. Lucas died on the 8th of Feb 1890. > > Mr. Dutton died on the 16th of Feb 1890. > > Boiler explosion Hingley and Smiths Anchor and Cable > Works, Primrose on the 21st of March 1890. > > Israel Hensil died on the 1st of April 1890. > > Young Mr. Firmstone shot himself at Wollaston Hall, > April 24th 1890. > > Mrs. Sweeney died on the 21st of May 1890. > > Tom Jewes got married on the 25th of May 1890. > > Samuel Green & Christopher Wassal both of the > Terrace Hart's Hill was drowned on the 6th of Aug 1890. > > Elijah Priest died on the 25th of May 1890. > > Sarah Ann Shaw was found drowned in the canal at > Hart's Hill on the 14th of Aug 1890. She was missing on > the 12th, open verdict was returned, Cartwright, Jones, > Russon and Davies was accussed. > > Mrs. Perry died on the 22nd of Aug 1890. > > Fire at Hales Furniture Warehouse, Dudley on the 2nd > of Sept 1890. > > Tom Jewes's child died on the 10th of Oct 1890, name was > Mary Ann. And Buthis wife died on the 5th of Dec 1890. > > Mrs. Pearcey was hung on the 23rd of Dec 1890, for > the murder of Mrs. Hogg and her child. > > Thomas McDonald was hung on the 30th of Dec 1890. > > Fire at Hales Dudley on the 30th of December 1890. > > Henry Harvey of Glassworks Pensnett was found drowned > on the 4th of Jan 1891. > > Sophia Ann Parker was found drowned on the 2nd of Jan > 1891. > > Mr. William May of Round Oak died on the 22nd of Feb > 1891. > > Mr. Christopher Wassal of Round Oak died on the 22nd > of Feb 1891. > > Robert Sharrat of Round Oak died on the 25th of Feb 1891. > > William Smith of Brockmoor died on the 24th of Feb 1891. > > Mrs. Hirkam of Round Oak died on the 11th of March 1891 > in the union. > > Thomas Smith of Brockmoor died on the 1st of April 1891. > > The old Earl of Dudley died on the 7th of May 1885. > He was born on the 17th of March 1817. > > Mary Shakespeare was married on the 29th of March 1891 > > Albert Jewes was married on the 5th of April 1891. > Both of Brockmoor Church. > > Abraham Young attempted to murder Mary Ann Tompkins > of Silver End on the 31st of August, he committed suicide on > the same day. He comes from Level Street. He comes from > soldiering. In May the same year from India. > > Mrs. George Pearson of Dudley Street, Round Oak died on the > 3rd of Sept. 1891. > > Mr. Thomas Priest was took to the Assylum Summerhill. On the > 4th of Sept 1891. He comes from Round Oak. > > Lawyer Holberton of Brierley Hill died very suddenly on Nov > 17th 1891 in the town about dinner time. > > The celebration of the Earl of Dudley's Marriage at Dudley > was on the 19th of Nov 1891. He gave his men a days work > and there is a grand display of fireworks on the Castle Grounds. > > Mrs. Bachelor died on the 1st of March 1892 Tuesday. > > The results of the Parliamentary Election in Dudley Borough > was on the 5th of July 1892 between: > Mr. Brooke Robinson and Mr. Howard Spensley > The results: Robinson M.P. 6668 > Spensley 5619 > Majority 1049 > > Alfred Shakespeare died on the 6th of Oct 1892. > > Colliery fatality at Missrs Cockrane and Company > No. 10 pit on the 8th of Feb 1893. > Aaron Crew age 49, 35 Angel Street, Dudley > John Oliver age 45, Bell Street, Pensnett > Joseph Jones age 42, Cooper Bank, Sedgley > All killed by the rope breaking. > > Richard Mobberley died on the 21st of Sept 1893 at his > home on Allion Street, Brierley Hill. > > Mrs. Gill's building was sold on the 15th of Aug 1893, at > the Golden Eagle, Brierley Hill. > > Colliers Strike ended November 17, 1893. > > Lyttleton Jewes died on the 3rd of Jan 1894. > > Lock's Lane water engine stack was struck by lightening > on the 25th of April 1894. > > Eliza Barker died on the 7th of Oct 1895. > > Sarah Ann Dailey was burnt at Horton's builder and contractors, > Brierley Hill on the 8th off Oct 1895. > > Eliza Ethel May Jewes was born on the 23rd of Feb 1895 at > 20 minutes past ten o'clock at night. > > > the end |