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FMP Newspaper inquest report for Sarah Osborne

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Kayak

Kayak Report 18 Mar 2024 13:03

Hi,

I've just been to my local library to look up and inquest report in 1854 on FMP. Unfortunately because the library has a sub. for British Newspapes Online (which hasn't reported this inquest) they don't have the access to FMP Newspapers, so I'd be really grateful if someone with access to this inquest report on FMP could PM me with a copy.

Berkshire Reading Mercury dated 1st April 1854:
NEWBURY. inquest was held last evening (Friday) before Joseph Bunny, Esq., borough coroner, at the Jack Inn, on the body of Sarah Osborne

TIA
Kayak

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 18 Mar 2024 13:30

Doesn’t FMP take its newspapers from the British newspaper archives?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 18 Mar 2024 14:32

From BNA -
I don't have a sub to see the image, so don't know Sarah's age, which seems not to have been transcribed -

Death. —An inquest was held last evening (Friday), before Joseph Bunny, Esq., borough coroner, at the Jack Inn, on view of the body of Sarah Osborne, aged years. It appeared from the evidence of Mary Ann Maslin, the cook at the inn, and two other witnesses, that the deceased came into the kitchen about two o'clock that afternoon, and while there she was seized with fit, and instantly expired. Verdict: 44 Died by the visitation of God.

Published: Saturday 01 April 1854
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Mar 2024 14:32

Verdict

Died by the visitation of God

Apparently went into the kitchen and was seized with a fit

greyghost

greyghost Report 18 Mar 2024 14:41

Hopefully sent by PM

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 18 Mar 2024 15:00

OP will be able to find out age herself by looking at GRO

Jink20

Jink20 Report 18 Mar 2024 16:01

Newspaper states 65 Years

GRO result
OSBORNE, SARAH 65
GRO Reference: 1854 S Quarter in NEWBURY Volume 02C Page 134

Kayak

Kayak Report 18 Mar 2024 16:31

Many thanks everyone. :-)