Edith Burbidge

1853 - 1891  (38 years)

• Name	Edith Burbidge
  Birth	1853	Meriden, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	7 Apr 1861	Meriden, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  	BURBAGE Elizabeth, Head, Widow, 445, Field Work, Meriden, Warwickshire BURBAGE Edward, Son, Un, 16, Plough Boy, Meriden BURBAGE Edith, Daur, Un, 9, Scholar, Meriden, Warwickshire
  Census	5 Apr 1891	10 Court Street, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  	BURBIDGE Edith, Head, Single, 39, Conf Sweet Shop Keeper, Meriden Warwickshire, occupying 1 room
  Death	17 Aug 1891	10 Court Street, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England   [4]
  	Cause: The Jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while temporily insane"
  	Edith BURBIDGE at 4am Aged 36 or 31
  Burial	20 Aug 1891	St John the Baptist, Leamington, Warwickshire, England   [5, 6]
  	Edith Burbridge, 9 Court Street, Aged 36 years
  Newspaper	22 Aug 1891	"Leamington Spa Courier", England   [7]
  	A melancholy case of suicide occurred at Leamington early on Monday, when a single woman, named Edith Burbidge, aged 36, who took in lodgers at 10 Court Street, committed self destruction by drowning herself in a well in the back yard. An inquest was held by Mr D R Wynter at the Old Town Hall, on Tuesday morning. Mr John Lewis was foreman of the jury - Hannah Percox, wife of Charles Percox, waggoner, of Tachbrook, and sister of the deceased, said the latter was 31 years of age and unmarried. She had not seen her since last December, but knew she was at times very depressed. May Sigley, Wife of Abraham Sigley, builder, Leek, in Staffordshire, said she had lodged with the deceased. She last saw her alive at half-past 10 on Sunday night, and she then spoke very rationally. At four oçlock in the morning, witness heard a scraping and a gurgling noise in the yard, which was overlooked from her window. She looked out, but saw nothing, and went back to bed again. etc. The jury was asked to decide whether they thought the woman accidently fell into the well, or whether she purposely drowned herself. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while temporily insane".
  AAA Last Date	8 Sep 2021
  Person ID	I2571	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Mother	Elizabeth Smith,   b. Bef 4 Mar 1816, Meriden, Warwickshire, England d. 1889, Meriden, Warwickshire, England (Age > 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1853 Sept Qtr, Meriden Warwickshire, Vol 6d/ 273 - Mothers Maiden Name: Smith. [S27] Compiler: PRO England, 1861 English Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: PRO England, www.ancestry.co.uk, 7 April 1861;), 1861 Meriden Warwickshire District 17, RG 9/ 2190 page 65. [S60] Compiler: PRO England, 1891 English Census, Record Type: Census, (Name: PRO England, www.ancestry.co.uk, 5 April 1891;), 1891 Leamington, Warwickshire, District 4, page 79. [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1891 Sept Qtr, Warwick Warwickshire, 6d 313, aged 36yrs. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S42] England, Parish Registers, Compiler Address: Old Church Records, 1891 Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl 09000 67; Document Reference: DR 836/10 St John Baptist Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, page 92 - via Ancestry. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, 22 Aug 1891, Leamington Spa Courier, Page 6 - via Findmypast - copy held on file.