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Margaret in Burton
07-01-11, 09:34
Name - "official" name and what they were known as

Samuel Barks

Date and place of birth

c 1811 in Brough, Nottinghamshire

Names of parents

Samuel Barks (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11302) and Samuel Rawson (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=15434)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

30 June 1811 at South Collingham, Nottinghamshire

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

15 May 1834 in North Clifton, Nottinghamshire to Sarah Cook (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9727)

Occupation(s) - if any

Agricultural Labourer

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).

1841 - Spalford, Nottinghamshire
1851 - Spalford, Nottinghamshire
1861 - Girton Village, Nottinghamshire
1871 - Spalford, Nottinghamshire
1881 - Spalford, Nottinghamshire

Date, place and cause of death

24 March 1882 at Spalford, Nottinghamshire - cause - Suicide by hanging

Inquest

25 March 1882 - Suicide by Hanging, Temporary Insanity


Newark Advertiser Wed March 29th 1882

Spalford - On Saturday last an inquest was held by Mr W Newton, coroner, on the body of Samuel Barks, 70 years of age. On Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, deceased left the house and his wife, who had watched him in consequence of melancholy, went to look for him about five minutes afterwards.She found the closet door fastened and raised an alram, and on opening the door deceased was found hanging from the roof. He was immediately cut down, but life was extinct. Deceased had formerly worked on the roads under Mr Hitchin. Of late his mind has been affected and he has been under the delusion that the police were constantly after him and that he could not escape going to prison. There seemed to be nothing to warrant the delusion but its effect on the deceased mind no doubt caused him to commit the rash act. - Verdict accordingly.


Date and place of burial.

27 Mar 1882 at North Clifton, Nottinghamshire

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Unknown

Memorial inscription - if any

Unknown

Link to son:George Barks (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3385)

Margaret in Burton
07-01-11, 11:33
The headlines for the Newark Advertiser that same day was the death of the poet Longfellow.

Asa
07-01-11, 15:17
How sad, Margaret

Margaret in Burton
07-01-11, 16:48
How sad, Margaret

Yes, very sad. I knew it was a suicide before I sent for the death cert. Had already seen the burial in the parish register and it said suicide on that.

tenterfieldjulie
08-01-11, 06:55
Depression is such a terrible illness and in many cases today, still very difficult to treat.