See also

Arthur Maurice Chester (1887-1899)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1887

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England1 3

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  • Brook Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living in four rooms with his parents George and Mary, half-brother Collin, and brother George. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 1 Feb 1899 (age 11)

  • Level Crossing, Melton, Suffolk, England2 4

  •  

  • Cause: when hit by an express train

    a train was in the station and he did not notice the express coming the other way when crossing the line and his body badly mutilated with parts spread along the line

  • Burial:

  • 5 Feb 1899

  • St. Andrew's Church, Station Road, Melton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • of Melton aged 11

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1887 quarter:3 volume:4a page:762. Cit. Date: 19 August 2021.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1899 quarter:1 volume:4a page:592. Cit. Date: 30 June 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1478 folio:61 page:26 schedule:166. Cit. Date: 30 June 2025.

4.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Eastern Evening News Friday 3rd February 1899 page:4. Cit. Date: 30 June 2025.

5.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Melton St. Andrew. Cit. Date: 30 June 2025.