infant MELDRUM
Forename(s): infant
Surname: MELDRUM
Son of James Meldrum, Laborer [other records have daughter]Date of birth: 27 Dec 1878
Date of death: 1879
Date of burial: 3 Jan 1879
Age at death: 6 days
Address: South Street, Parish of Carisbrooke
Section: B - Cemetery map
Plot No: 219 Section map of plots
Burial Register entry: Carisbrooke 2185
Hampshire Advertiser – 4 January 1879 – Newport – AN INFANT SUFFOCATED. – On Wednesday evening at the Townhall, Mr. E.F. Blake, deputy coroner, held an inquest on view of the body of the infant twin daughter of James Meldrum, of South-street, labourer, who was born on Friday the 27th ult. The evidence went to show that the mother and two infant girls, apparently going on well, were left in bed on Wednesday morning and they went off to sleep, and about 11 a.m. it was found that deceased was suffocated, the mother probably having accidentally overlaid it. A verdict in accordance with the evidence was returned.
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