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Mine was a Hatter but i believed he was a Teacher before that,,, maybe i am wrong

There were 2 of them in Cheshire on the 61 census, one a hatter and the other a teacher.

Thank you Margee i have just looked up the original record .. interesting. Showing that he is a Widow so his wife Charlotte predeceased him.....

He's a lodger here, living in Buckstone Inn. Could explain his excessive drinking:

1871 England Census
about Alexandre Oldham Name: Alexandre Oldham
Age: 73
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Werneth, Cheshire, England
Civil parish: Werneth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
Town: Mottram Road
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England
Registration district: Stockport
Sub-registration district: Hyde
ED, institution, or vessel: 22
Household schedule number: 141
Piece: 3654
Folio: 102
Page Number: 29
Household Members: Name Age
William Sampson 49
Jane Sampson 51
Berty Sampson 22
Martha Sampson 19
James Sampson 14
Alexandre Oldham 73

Sorry.nothing on Lancahsire newspaper archives revalent to your search, so forget my last request.

Can you give the death details (dates etc), that way we can look at the news reports. I'm pretty sure the Stockport newspapers are available on Lancashire online newspapers.

And if you haven't already come across this "mad as a hatter" comes from the problem hatters had with the chemicals they used, (mercury) it sent them doollally (if that is a word). But I'll think you'll get the drift.

The only address was Union Workhouse, Stockport. Another ancestor of mine had been admitted but only to the hospital side, hence my question.

Note - have googled for Exhaustion from Excessive Drinking.

Most workhouses had an infirmary attached which was like our hospitals. Did the death certificate give his usual address as well or was the workhouse the only address on the certificate?

There could have been a report in the local newspaper of the time (back copies of which should be at the nearest library to where the death took place) if he was well known in the area. However if he ended up living in the workhouse and died because of excessive drinking then perhaps the newspapers wouldn't have been interested in his death.

Kath. x

I know quite abit about my 4 x great grandfather Alexander Oldham a former Teacher/Hatter. I believed he was an upstanding member or society until i ordered his death certificate. Died aged 76 - Cause of Death - Exhaustion from Excessive Drinking. An inquest was held so would there be a newspaper report. His final place of decease was Union Workhouse, unsure if there was a Hospital attached or actually went into the Workhouse