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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: mark9825uk on Saturday 14 April 18 23:46 BST (UK)
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Hi Everyone, I just started tracing my ancestry and my paternal great grandmother was Florence Kendall nee Marwood. I think I am related to the Kings executioner William Marwood. Now I am hooked and fascinated its taking up all my spare time..I think I read he did 178 hangings and invented the Long drop to make it quicker...If anyone knows ANYTHING about him I certainly would appreciate any info...I just have the basic birth death year etc..Thanks Everyone in Advance Mark Stansfield From HULL in ENGLAND
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http://www.billgreenwell.com/page.php?id=67
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WOW iluleah, That's a real treasure- I'm sure that Mark is going to be jumping for joy with your find!
Well done you! 👍👍👍👏👏👏 Excellent!
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http://www.billgreenwell.com/page.php?id=67
To say thank you does not seem enough but I will say it anyway..THANK YOU so very much for this fantastic reading...Iam lost for words . What a fascinating article. Thank you once again. Regards Mark Stansfield. I Certainly was jumping for joy Jaybeinz... That is really special. Fantastic...I am over the moon...Thanx once again
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I assume you did a google search?
Did you also look at the google images?
This is fascinating....
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/WilliamMarwood.htm
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I read the articles with interest, as there's a distant family connection for me with Pierrepoints, apparently. Really not a job I'd like to have!
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I believe that Albert Pierpoint went on to keep a pub.. apparently if a stranger went in he'd look them up and downd and say " so many feet" when they asked what that meant , wa told that's how much rope he reckons he'd need.. :( Black humour!
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The pub was the ‘Help the Poor Struggler’ in our town.
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I have had the link saved for a while now ( just waiting for someone to ask! ;D) No not really...... ::)
I had been researching a sibling of an ancestor and she married a prison guard who worked at Lincoln Prison and the ancestor was charged and spent some time before sentencing in Lincoln. As I know Lincolnshire very well and this guys life/work was full of twists and turns as well as 'guarding' his brother in law I did lots of research and this was part of my findings, same era so I am assuming they would also have known William Marwood...so pleased now I saved it. It is great info!
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I was interested in William Calcraft last year and found him in censuses. Marwood followed him.
1851 1536/466/24 makes interesting viewing if you have access.
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I read the articles with interest, as there's a distant family connection for me with Pierrepoints, apparently. Really not a job I'd like to have!
There is a fantastic film dvd starring Timothy Spall as Albert Pierpoint. It was an absorbing film...Not a job I could do either.. Marwood and Pierpoint became mini celebrities..even having a buisness card printed.
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Newspaper sites that carry some interesting items
http://newspapers.library.wales
Put "william marwood" (including the " ") in 'Search'
New York newspapers (Trove)
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Put William Marwood in 'Search' and select 'Exact search"
The Daily Courier 15 Oct 1876 has a lengthy interview
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I believe that Albert Pierpoint went on to keep a pub.. apparently if a stranger went in he'd look them up and downd and say " so many feet" when they asked what that meant , wa told that's how much rope he reckons he'd need.. :( Black humour!
Years ago in Adelaide, a funeral director called Fred Elliott used to carry a tape measure with him. If anyone in the pub after work said they were feeling poorly, he would pull it out and take measurements, "just in case".
Sorry to go off-topic.
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Hi Everyone, I just started tracing my ancestry and my paternal great grandmother was Florence Kendall nee Marwood. I think I am related to the Kings executioner William Marwood. Now I am hooked and fascinated its taking up all my spare time..I think I read he did 178 hangings and invented the Long drop to make it quicker...If anyone knows ANYTHING about him I certainly would appreciate any info...I just have the basic birth death year etc..Thanks Everyone in Advance Mark Stansfield From HULL in ENGLAND
Hi Mark.....If you find a connection to Sarah Elizabeth Marwood of Hackness who married Joseph Richardson Burnham of Frodingham Hall near Withernsea, let me know as I have an 1880s photo of her and her husband.
Carol
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Thanks Carol.. I Will keep looking..I am only as far back to philip marwood in 1820 but thanks for the info