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Old 20-02-17, 18:47
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Sadly suicide is very common - the biggest killer amongst men under 40.
My gt x 3 grandfather tried to kill himself by cutting his own throat - but lived for 20 days afterwards and died in the workhouse infirmary. Even worse for him than dying instantly, I imagine.
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I've just discovered this about my 2nd cousin 3xremoved (Honor):
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/q...9ddb049cac400f

Not the best thing to read just before going to bed.
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Oops, don't think that link works. I will try to find another one.
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I can't find another link but if you google for Brisbane murder house in the suburbs it should come up.
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That's a very sad tale Kate. Awful to think Honor must have felt this was the only way she could protect her family.
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Old 24-02-17, 07:48
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I agree, so very sad and her poor son, who apparently struggled.
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How very sad, Kate. I think it would be a rare family tree that doesn't have at least one suicide or attempted suicide. My gt gt grandfather suffered from "Melancholy" (we would say depression) periodically and attempted suicide several times and was confined to an asylum at least once in his youth.

His final attempt was down the pit where he tried to cut his throat and was taken from there to Abergavenny asylum where he died some years later.

OH's grandmother attempted suicide after the tragic drowning of her husband and she spent her last years in Abergavenny asylum as well.

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I can't find another link but if you google for Brisbane murder house in the suburbs it should come up.


Sadly, not as uncommon as one would like. I know Matthew and he's written several books on the underbelly of my city. Three Crooked Kings is about police and political corruption in the 1960s and 70s. I remember the times and people well.
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I have been looking at the newly released British Royal Navy Allotment Declarations and have been looking at some of the brothers of my ancestor James Purkis.

I knew that his brother William had died young and I have checked the possible death I had for him on the GRO Index, which confirmed that he was 27 when he died.

Earlier today I downloaded his Allotment Declaration for 1836 and noted his wife Sarah Jane (mn Primmer). He had three daughters born to him, one probably posthumously.

I thought I'd look for his death in the newspapers. Here is the link:

http://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/v...18381126%2f028

It is the second column from the right, half-way down.
I hadn't realised the history behind his death and my mother wouldn't have known either.

He must have been a very unhappy man to have cut off his hand and to have hung himself. His poor wife, what an ordeal.
The rest of the brothers seemed to have been a lot more stable, thankfully.

I had a cousin called Lionel.

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I recall a cousin being around prior to 1957. In 1997, I was at my parents grave and noticed a nearby family grave with a 12"x12" stone slab on it saying; ''In Memory of Lionel, ashes scattered in Australia''.
A few years later, a letter arrived from Australia asking for contact with other members of my family. It was from one of Lionel's children who informed me later that her dad (my cousin) had committed suicide. A lot of emails followed explaining the years of grief endured by Lionel's children. I learned also that Lionel's mother had taken her own life back in the early 1950s.
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