[WED]Death/Manslaughter of Hannah NICHOLLS nee ROGERS, Wedmore, 1854

[Susan Hembury-Kellow]

Hi Pat, 

Thanks very much for the details about Mary Ann NICHOLLS - I hadn't
discovered her marriage, etc., and it's nice to be able to fill in a gap in
the family tree.  I always think it strange that a new wife would name a
child after her husband's first wife, but I've seen it happen so many
times...  Likewise, re-using the name of a deceased child, but this, too,
was common practice.

Thanks also for looking in the Bristol paper for more details about the
crime.  If I find any more info about what (if anything) happened to Sandy
CREASE, I'll be sure to let you know.

Best wishes, 

Sue

-----Original Message-----
From: wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org [mailto:wedmore-admin@lists.tutton.org]
On Behalf Of Pat Hase
Sent: 24 April 2008 19:04
To: Susan Hembury-Kellow
Cc: wedmore@lists.tutton.org
Subject: Re: [WED]Death/Manslaughter of Hannah NICHOLLS nee ROGERS, Wedmore,
1854

Hi Sue,
Thank you for the additional info.  I've since found a reference to it 
in a Bristol paper - it's word for word except for the age of Hannah 
which is given as 55.  But still nothing about the outcome of the 
trial.  I too found Sandy CREASE back with his wife in 1861 and as you 
say the addition to their family presumably shows that things weren't 
too severe. 

The ROGERS side of the family seems to be well documented.

In my excitement last evening I gave the wrong relationship - Hannah was 
Mike's 2 x great grandmother - He's descended from Hannah's daughter, 
Mary Ann, christened 4th Sept 1831.  She married Henry HASE at St John's 
Church, Bedminster 22nd Oct 1857.  She was his 2nd wife and their 1st 
son was christened in Axbridge. 8th March 1858.  They went on to have a 
total of 5 children of whom 3 survived into adult hood including Mike's 
grandfather, John Millard HASE.  She also raised 3 step children from 
Henry's first wife.

William HASE  1858-1931
Selina Hester HASE 1860-1862 (she died of scarlet fever and was named 
after Henry's first wife, Selina HARES)
John Millard HASE 1862-1933
Selina HASE 1864-1938
James HASE 1864-1865 (twin to Selina)

Mary Ann herself died in Weston in Jan 1904.

In 1901 William NICHOLLS, the son of Joseph & Elizabeth was staying with 
Edwin & Selina COX nee HASE at 8 Greenfield Place, Weston-super-Mare.  
Selina and William were 1st cousins.

Cheers
Pat