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Offline Mercia118

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Charles Moston Case- Birth, Burial and other records?
« on: Saturday 27 July 19 17:21 BST (UK) »
Wotcha again everyone  ;D

I'm studying the case of Charles Moston, who died on April 16th 1877 in slightly dodgy circumstances on the towpath near Waverton. I've got the the end of the story now and I'm trying to tie up the loose ends..
So first question I'm trying to answer is where did young Charlie end up buried? I've ordered a death certificate for him but I can't imagine that's going to tell me where they put him after the post mortem.
As far as I can work out, he appears in the 1871 census on the Bridgewater Canal with his widowed father Thomas, then aged 64, and his sister Ellen, then aged 29.. I think his father died at Kidsgrove in 1875, but I'm not sure.. If he did then it would appear there's only his sister, but I can't find any records for her either.
I can't find any birth records for him on the Wolverhampton indexes, so he's a mystery!

Does anyone know how I'd go about finding any surviving court/police/other records about this business?
 Records for the canal company he was employed by are scarce so I'm not to hopeful of bulking out the facts through that source

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Re: Charles Moston Case- Birth, Burial and other records?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 27 July 19 17:55 BST (UK) »
For reference: the 1871 census (on FamilySearch) has Charles MOSTEN age 16, born Wolverhampton.

The father could be:
Thomas MESTON, bapt 20 Apr 1808 son of James and Margret (from FamilySearch)

I can't find Thomas on earlier censuses!

Philip
Please help me to help you by citing sources for information.

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Re: Charles Moston Case- Birth, Burial and other records?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 27 July 19 18:00 BST (UK) »
Yes, I've got all the variations of the name. The boaters appear to have spoken the name as "Mossun" or "Mozin", just to make sure he's good and tricky to locate  ::)

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Re: Charles Moston Case- Birth, Burial and other records?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 27 July 19 19:31 BST (UK) »

Hi,

I found this,

Charles MUSSON
Death Age:    21
Burial Date:    20 Apr 1877
Burial Place:    Waverton, Cheshire


The image even mentions that he was found dead in canal bank.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01o3p/


Regards,
Daisy
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Re: Charles Moston Case- Birth, Burial and other records?
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 28 July 19 12:06 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Daisypetal on Saturday 27 July 19 19:31 BST (UK)

Hi,

I found this,

Charles MUSSON
Death Age:    21
Burial Date:    20 Apr 1877
Burial Place:    Waverton, Cheshire


The image even mentions that he was found dead in canal bank.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01o3p/


Regards,
Daisy

You genius!
Guess I didn't have all the variations after all  ::)
I suppose given the illiteracy, a name could end up spelt however it sounded in the local accent.. I never thought to sound it out in a Chester version!
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