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Is there someone,please, who has access to the newspaper archives who would look up the report of the murder of James Patrick in 1858, reported in the Ipswich area newspapers? Thomas Drane was accused of his murder.

I am hoping that the newspaper account may give some clue as to what happened to James's family.

James Patrick (1823-1858) born in Mendham, Suffolk.

Thank you, Jo

:-) :-)

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Bury and Norwich Post Suffolk, England
17 Aug 1858

IPSWICH
there James j Patrick, the deceased, who had been to his club, came j up. Hearing that Mr. Drane was out, and having been I with others previously ordered to watch him, Patrick took with him Bamaby's dog, and went in search. He I shortly afterwards

1851:
Name: James Patrick
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Patrick
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Mendham, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Weybread
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

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Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 22
Piece: 1796
Folio: 156
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
James Patrick 28
Mary Patrick 36 born Weybread, Suffolk
James Patrick 9
William Patrick 6
George Patrick 3
John Patrick 1

1861:
Name: Mary Patrick
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Weybread, Suffolk, England
Civil parish: Weybread
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 126
Piece: 1152
Folio: 15
Page Number: 24
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Patrick 41
James Patrick 18
William Patrick 16
John Patrick 11
Samuel Patrick 9

1851 England Census
about Thomas Drane
Name: Thomas Drane
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Moulton, Norfolk, England

Civil parish: Weybread
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

StrRegistration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Stradbroke
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 21
Piece: 1796
Folio: 156
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Drane 30 <<<Farmer


Next door is Valantine Barnaby....the man with the dog maybe?

Thank you for your help. :-) :-)

If you want to view the full artical of the death, go to search (on here) and scroll down to British Newspapers

I say death and not murder as nothing is showing for a criminal conviction of Thos* Drane?

Type in his name and then the county and year

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Thomas Drane was put into an asylum in Norwich as he was classed as 'a dangerous lunatic.' He killed Mr Pattrick who was 89 and a parish clerk, with an axe blow to the head.
There are lots of papers from Bangor to Huddersfield, reporting the Murder by a maniac in Suffolk.
If you join Lancashire Library online, you can read it all for yourself. I can't see anything mentioned about his family though.


http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/borrower/application_form.asp

It is free to join.

Nice one Alviegal :-D

Thank you for picking this up: James Patrick's great-granddaughteer Dorothy was my grandmother. I have a copy of his death certificate on which the ?coroner has entered 'unlawful killing by Thomas Drane' as cause of death, but had not managed to get any further.