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Emily Jane Mann (abt. 1873 - 1887)

Emily Jane Mann
Born about in Brockmoor, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 14 in Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

Emily Jane Mann was the third child of Herbert Mann and Jemima (Northwood) Mann.[1][2]

Birth

She was born at Brockmoor, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England and her birth was registered between July and September 1873.[1][2]

Residence

  • 1881 with her parents at Campbell Street, Brockmoor, Staffordshire.[2]

Occupation

In 1887 she was a domestic servant.[3]

Death

Emily Jane Mann died 4 September 1887 at Tipton, Staffordshire, England. An inquest heard that she was found drowned in the Birmingham canal and that she had refused help. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind". She was 14 years old.[3]

Research Notes

  • 1881 census has second name recorded as Elisebeth.
  • Death Registration Index appears to have surname MASON.[4]
  • Identity confirmed by references in the newspaper article to "Emily Jane Mann ... daughter of Herbert Mann ... of Campbell Street, Brockmoor".
  • Recollections of a family member are that she was called "Emily" and died in 1946. No confirmation of this found. This recollection is clearly incorrect.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 General Register Office (UK), Online Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 2 Mar 2021), births, 1873, Emily Jane Mann.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Census returns of England and Wales, 1881, (Kew, Surrey, England : The National Archives of the UK), district Stourbridge [Staffordshire], ref. RG11/2893, fo. 91, p. 8, sched. 39, household of Herbert Mann; "1881 England Census", digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 27 Feb 2018), path: Staffordshire > Kingswinford > District 22, image 9.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "SUICIDE OF A BROCKMOOR GIRL AT TIPTON", Stourbridge, Brierley Hill & County Express, 10 Sep 1887, p. 4, col. 3, Emily Jane Mann; The British Newspaper Archive, digital images (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ : accessed 28 Jun 2021), indexed as "County Express".
  4. General Register Office (UK), Online Index (https://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 28 Jun 2021), deaths, 1887, Emily Jane Mason.

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