William Glanfield

Male, ID #35302, b. circa May 1849, d. circa May 1864
FatherRobert Glanfield (1804 - c 1864)
MotherMary Anne Winter (bt 1811 - 1812 - 1885)

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     William Glanfield was born circa May 1849 at Ipswich, SFK, ENG; registered Ipswich.
     He died circa May 1864 at Weymouth registered, DOR, ENG; Recorded age 15. Reported in the Dorset Chronicle 5 May 1864:
     SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. - An inquest was holed on Tuesday at the Breakwater Hotel, before F.G. Steggall, Esq., on view of the body of William Glanfield, aged 15, who terminated his existence by his own hands. On the morning of Monday it appeared that he had received a letter from his mother at Ipswich, Suffolk, stating that his father had committed suicide by hanging himself. The lad belonged to the billyboy Ino, of Goole, then lying in the Roadstead, and was the only person left on board on Monday afternoon. He was seen by a party in a boat hanging to the rigging, and is supposed to have destroyed himself about the same time as Garibaldi was inspecting the fleet. When they got to him he was quite dead. Save the letter received from his mother, no other cause could be given which could have led to the commission of the rash act. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary Insanity."

Address(es), Census(es) & Occupation(s)

  • William was a scholar on 30 March 1851.
  • He appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at Dove Yard, Ipswich, SFK, ENG; recorded age 2, living with his parents.
  • William was a scholar on 7 April 1861.
  • He appeared on the census of 7 April 1861 at 46 Upper Gibson Street, Ipswich, SFK, ENG; recorded age 12, living with his mother.