Benjamin Bates (1815 - 1866)

Born 1815 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Sarah (Knowles) Bates — married 5 Jun 1837 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1866 at about age 51 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Christening: 26th November 1816, St Mary's, Watford

1841 census: living in Watford with wife and baby daughter.

1851 census: living in Edmonton with wife and children. Occupation: Hay Binder

1858 - birth certificate for son, John, gives his occupation as Agricultural Labourer

1861 census: living with family in Tanner's Lane, Edmonton, Middlesex. Occupation: Farm Labourer.

Death Certificate is difficult to read due to the amount of writing squeezed into some of the boxes. Occupation is given as Hay Binder Cause of Death: Fracture of his skull due to falling from a hayloft There appears to have been an inquest involving the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster in the County of Middlesex.

A local newspaper reported on the inquest: "“On Tuesday last an inquest was held at the Two Brewers, Tanners End, on the body of Benjamin BATES, a hay binder, 51 years of age , whose death, took place on the previous Friday. It appeared from the evidence of a son of the deceased, about 12 years of age (Samuel Bates), that on Thursday last his father was at work at Mr. Thompson’s farm, Clay Hill, Tottenham, and was taking down the top scaffolding of the hayrick, when one of the boards slipped and fell, his father falling with it from a height of about 10 feet...............deceased was quite sober, having been a teetotaller (sic) for some years ................. believed that he sustained a fracture of the skull and this was the cause of death. The Jury returued (sic) of accidental death."

Two Brewers, Tanner End: Silver Street At one time called Watery Lane, and also Wyerhall Lane Two Brewers this pub stood on the south side of road east of The Bull. The site is now flats.

1885 - marriage of his son, John, gives Benjamin's occupation as Farm Bailiff.

Sources

• Christening: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J942-9Y5

• 1841 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQYD-P2S

• 1851 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGXG-N4H

• 1861 census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7XY-MGV

• Marriage certificate

• Death Certificate

• On Tanner's End: http://edithsstreets.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/pymmes-brook-tanners-end.html