john robert wilton in brussels 1881

[Peedee]

Found that John Robert Wilton died in Brussels September 1881. Article in Australian and New Zealand Quesette. Wondering where he  was living and how he got there. Did he die alone?

[CaroleW]

Is there a reason you have posted on the Handwriting Deciphering board as there is no attachment on your post

Doesn't the newspaper article give details of his address or cause of death? 

[Bookbox]

Doesn't the newspaper article give details of his address or cause of death?

This thread seems to relate ...
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=123284.msg7268906#msg7268906

[Peedee]

unfortunately not. Wonder if there would be a census to check. I am having a terrible time manoeuvring around in Rootschat.  I see a responce but often no way to reply. Was just lucky this time!

[Peedee]

CaroleW No such details in the article, at a lose.

[ShaunJ]

He died on 4 August 1881 at 7 Rue des Cendres in Brussels. Widower of Bessie Clacke, son of John Wilton and Jane Ashin (?).

The address was that of the Sœurs Hospitalières  - a medical institution served by nuns of that order.

Information for the death registration was given by Francois Cappaert, the director of the Sœurs Hospitalières, and Henri Verbist, a gardener.

There is a copy of the death registration in the UK National Archives in RG35/26 page 313.

[ShaunJ]

He must have fallen on hard times. In May 1880 he'd been given a compassionate grant of £25 from the army's Relief Fund.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/WO23/117/00190/0707342

[Karen McDonald]

unfortunately not. Wonder if there would be a census to check. I am having a terrible time manoeuvring around in Rootschat.  I see a responce but often no way to reply. Was just lucky this time!

Hi Peedee,

I am a bit of a dinosaur with some forms of technology  but I don't think luck really plays much of a role with answers here on RootsChat. 

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[Peedee]

unfortunately not. Wonder if there would be a census to check. I am having a terrible time manoeuvring around in Rootschat.  I see a responce but often no way to reply. Was just lucky this time!

Hi Peedee,

I am a bit of a dinosaur with some forms of technology  but I don't think luck really plays much of a role with answers here on RootsChat. 

If you are logged in, you can answer.
Either go to the top of the thread, where the title is (in this case, john robert wilton in brussels 1881) and immediately above the thread title are 4 options: REPLY, NOTIFY, MARK UNREAD and PRINT.
Simply click on REPLY and the box will open in which you can write your reply.

The 4 options are also repeated at the bottom of the thread, to save you having to scroll up and down a lot.

Alternatively, if you want to reply to a specific answer, you can click on Quote, which appears on the right side of every reply. In this case, a window will appear with the quoted text from that answer. Add your reply under this quoted text. (But make sure you start your reply UNDER the quoted text, not in the middle of it! Otherwise everything gets muddled.)

id I get to you by trying quote?