Blunn Martin - Inquest

[Cassy]

Hello

I'd be grateful for advice anyone can give me on finding the newspaper report of a death and inquest in 1871.

I am researching my family tree and find that Martin Blunn (born 1813) died by drowning at Spring Pools Rubery in December 1871. I believe that Spring Pools are on the Chadwich estate close to where Martin lived in New Road, Rubery.

His death certificate shows that the Worcestershire Coroner carried out the inquest, and I was advised by the Worcestershire Coroner that the report no longer exists but that an account would have been published in the Berrow Worcester Journal. However Worcestershire Archives are unable to find either a report of the death or inquest.

It has been suggested to me that as Rubery was split between Worcestershire and Birmingham, there may have been a report in a Birmingham newspaper. I have not been able to find it on British Newspapers Archive Online. I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me how to go about arranging a search (I live in Cornwall so would need to arrange for a search to be done).

With many thanks

 

[sospiri]

Sorry Cassy, no results were found for Martin Blunn searching 1871-1872 on the British Library Newspaper Archine online. The online archine includes Berrows Worcester Journal too. I didn't specifiy any particular newspaper or region as it was a fairly rare name. I've also specifically searched Berrow's Worcester Journal for 1871-2 using the words inquests and Rubery, and only an execution for murder turned up in August 1872.

Maurice

 

[Radiorails]

Were there newspapers in Bromsgrove? That seems to be where the Registrar of Death was situated. An unusual spelling of Rhubery!

 

[sospiri]

Alan,

The short answer in 1871 is no. Berrow's Worcester Journal covered the whole county, was taken over by Reed International in the 1980's, and is now a weekly freebie. The Bromsgrove Standard is relatively new to the local scene.

Maurice

 

[Cassy]

Sorry Cassy, no results were found for Martin Blunn searching 1871-1872 on the British Library Newspaper Archine online. The online archine includes Berrows Worcester Journal too. I didn't specifiy any particular newspaper or region as it was a fairly rare name. I've also specifically searched Berrow's Worcester Journal for 1871-2 using the words inquests and Rubery, and only an execution for murder turned up in August 1872.

Maurice

Thanks so much for taking the time to look, very much appreciated

 

[Cassy]

Were there newspapers in Bromsgrove? That seems to be where the Registrar of Death was situated. An unusual spelling of Rhubery!

Thanks. I was wondering if the Bromsgrove Messenger was around then?

 

[sospiri]

Cassy,

Their online archives only go back to 1995 and they are certainly not on the British Library Newspaper Online Archive. My father's family originated in Worcestershire and the only archives I have found with local content have been Berrow's.

Maurice

 

[Radiorails]

I notice that the person reporting this was a Ralph Docker. A Ralph Docker was a brother of the well known industrialist Docker brothers - about whom there is much on here. Of couse it might be a different person. Ralph wold have been about 15 at the time and became a well known cricketer.

I wonder if this is any help?

bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk

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www.bromsgrovebmsgh.co.uk

 

[sospiri]

Alan,

Almost bound to be the same family, though a year before Martin BLUNN was born. There aren't many of those early censuses about, as sketchy as they generally are on information, but they do give a glimpse of possible family members at the time.

Maurice

 

[Vivienne14]

I am moving this thread to our Surname Interest section under the letter B for Blunn.

Viv

Edit. Thread now moved.

 

[Cassy]

Hi Just to say thank you to everyone for their kind help, and to let you know the report of the inquest has been found in the Bromsgrove and Droitwich Weekly Messenger (Bromsgrove Messenger) 23 December 1871.