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According to the 1861 census (RG9/2286/71/11 (recorded as Jane Aacock)) Sarah Jane Hancock was a widow.
She married Wyatt in March, 1849 and they had at least five children, the birth of the last one being recorded in Q4 of 1860.
I cannot find a death registered for him on the GRO so I wonder if there might be a burial shown for him, please?
Peter
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There is this one on FreeBMD
Wyatt Adcock - June Qtr 1857 Leicester 7a 129
Kay
Edit - Buried in June 1857 age 27 at Welford Road Cemetery Leicester
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Kay..
Thank you. That's interesting. I think another trip to the register office is imminent.
If it is him then it would mean the last child on the 1861 return wasn't his.
Peter
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I should have said that the name on the burial was Hancock
Kay
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Kay
Brilliant! (did you sneak that edit in while I wasn't looking?)
Sarah married again in August 1862 to a John Oldershaw and their first (?) son was born in the last quarter of 1862.
Peter
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I checked the NBI after the my first post :) but it does help with his age.
I wonder if the youngest child was from the second husband!
Kay
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Kay
I wonder if the youngest child was from the second husband!
Kay
Quite likely!
John Oldershaw's 1st wife (also called Sarah) had 10 children that I know of. She had died in Q2 1858 so they were both widowed at that time.
Peter
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Here's the burial
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HANCOCK WYATT 1857 JUN 4 27 BRUNSWICK STREET SAINT MARGARET CORONER'S WARRANT
Publication:Leicester Chronicle
Publication date:Saturday 06 June 1857
DEATH FROM THE PRICK OF A NEEDLE:—EXTRAORDINARY CASE- On Tuesday evening, John Gregory, Esq , coroner, held an inquest on the body of a young man, named Wyatt Hancock, a framework-knitter, residing in Brunswick street, Humberstone road, who met with his death in the following extraordinary manner:-It appears that about a fortnight ago he was at work, when his wife fetched him to pull out of her frame a portion of a needle which had broken. He accordingly took a pair of pliers and succeeded in pulling the pin out, but he accidentally run it into his thumb, just at the first joint. He extracted it immediately, and took no further notice of it for a time: but towards evening it began to be very painful, and the next day it was very bad. It continued to grow worse until the third day, when he went down to the Infirmary, had it dressed, and returned home. On the next day it was still worse, and Mr Benfield, honorary surgeon at the Infirmary, advised him to go into the Infirmary, which he did; but from that time he gradually sank, and died on Sunday last. The result of a post-mortem examination which was made on the body, proved the immediate cause of death to have been inflammation of the pericardium and pleurisy, consequent upon the injury of the thumb. A verdict in accordance with these facts was returned.-It is stated that a similar case is entirely unknown.-His remains were followed to the grave on Thursday, by Mr Preston, his employer, and about thirty of his fellow-workman. A great crowd of spectators were also in attendance on the occasion, so great was the sympathy which his sudden and unusual cause of death had produced.
Others in the grave
HANCOCK SARAH ANN 1851 OCT 28 12MTHS BRUNSWICK STREET SAINT GEORGE 279
JAYES MARYANNE 1854 APR 21 1YR 10MTHS 37 BRUNSWICK STREET SAINT GEORGE 2194
HANCOCK WYATT 1857 JUN 4 27 BRUNSWICK STREET SAINT MARGARET 5090
JAYES FRANK 1865 NOV 26 17MTHS UPPER BRUNSWICK STREET SAINT MARGARET 16410
OLDERSHAW SARAH JANE 1868 NOV 29 39 ROYAL EAST STREET SAINT MARGARET 21488
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Baptisms in case you don't have them
St George
HANCOCK MARY JANE 1852 WYATT & JANE 10-Oct
HANCOCK ELIZABETH 1860 WYATT & SARAH JANE 09-Sep
St Margaret
HANCOCK WYATT WILLIAM & ANN 1830 31-Mar
HANCOCK WILLIAM WYATT & SARAH JANE 1857 12-Aug
Mar
1862 HANCOCK Sarah 17-Aug St George OLDERSHAW John
bet you have this
Entry No.355, MAR 19, 1849, after Banns
WYATT HANCOCK, minor, bach. FWK, of CLARENCE St, s. of WILLIAM HANCOCK, FWK
SARAH JANE TOOKEY, minor, sp. of CLARENCE St, d. of RICHARD TOOKEY, FWK
Wits: MATTHEW RODWELL, ELIZABETH RODWELL
last marriage and Elizabeth's baptism at St George, nothing I could spot for Henry
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Are they Williams sister's children?
Entry No.49, FEB 15, 1851, after Banns
RICHARD JAYES, 18, bach. FWK, of BENFORD St, s. of RICHARD JAYES, SHOE MAKER
MARY HANCOCK, 18, sp. of BENFORD St, d. of WILLIAM HANCOCK, FWK
Wits: JOHN RAVEN, MARY RAVEN
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Willsy!!
This is great. Thank you so much.
What an extraordinary way to go!
Lots there to digest.
Best wishes
Peter