Burial twiss (more info)

[johnthepom]

Hi you are getting confused here Edmund born 1821 was not a collier he was a engineer the collier was Edmunds dad called Thomas

     John

[Washy]

Thanks John
So I am, but even as an engineer, would he still have travelled so far from Home?

Washy

[johnthepom]

Yes Washy
As an engineer at that time there were major engineering projects going on all over the country and as was stated before the registration would have taken place where he died not where he was buried or lived.

John

[Washy]

Thanks John
I'm amazed! Didn't realise was such an important job. How would I find out where he was buried?

Washy

[alpinecottage]

According to Google, St Mary's, now St Helen's is Church of England.

Swindon was an early and important centre for the railways, googling it will give you heaps of information.

But before you waste lots of time on Swindon, I would order the death cert for Edmund.  If you want to be cautious about spending your money, you could look at the 1841 census for Swindon to see if you can find an Edmund Twist.  If you have already found your man in Haydock in 1841, well, he can't be in Swindon at the same time, can he!  Also look at IGI to see if there are any TWIST families in Swindon at this time.  If you do get the death cert and it is your Edmund, you will have a date of death and burial will be a week later at most.  His widow may have put a notice in her local newspaper or there may be an article, again a week or two after the death which may give you extra details (where buried etc).  Finally, with an approx burial date, someone in Wiltshire may do some lookups for you.

[johnthepom]

I agree Alpinecottage have also already checked census records there was only 1 Twist in Wiltshire in 1841 that was a David Twist with no other family members. And as you say Swindon was the main workshops for Brunells Locomotivs and suplied Locos right up till recently to B/R. This is the only Edmund Twist Died during that decade

    John

[andrewalston]

I agree that the GWR works would be a great draw for all sorts of engineering trades. One of my relatives, a pattern maker from the Wigan area, moved there in the 1880s. The attraction must have been even greater when the works was being set up in the 1840s.

[Washy]

Hi everyone
Thanks for the replies, just goes to show you can't rule anything out. Have emailed the Swindon registrar office for help & explained. Hoping they can help with age etc.So far no reply.

Washy

[Washy]

Hi everyone

Just thought I'd let you know I found out about Edmund from another roots chatter on Wiltshire board.
Devizes & Wiltshire Gazette on 9th August 1849.  The article read:-


"Inquests taken before Mr Whitmarsh.-
At New Swindon, on the body of Edmund Twist, stoker on the Great Western Railway.
Margaret Gray, a neighbour, stated that deceased had returned home in the night from Haydock near St. Helen's, Lancashire, where he had been staying the last ten days amongst his relatives.
He felt unwell, and went to Mr Rogers the same morning of his return, and in the evening he became worse, and soon afterwards this gentleman discovered that he was awfully suffering from the effects of Asiatic cholera, which caused his death in a few hours. - Verdict accordingly."
 
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Washy