Person:William Cain (27)

William Cain was baptised on 25th November 1810 at St Paul's Walden in Hertfordshire, the son of Mary Cain formerly Parsons and her husband Henry Cain, a tanner.

William died as a young man of 23, being found dead in his bed. An inquest was held into his death, which was reported in the County Press on 19th July 1834. It appears William had been prone to fits, and the inquest seems to have concluded that one of these fits killed him. He was buried at St Paul's Walden on 13th July 1834, with the burial record giving his abode as the workhouse.

1. ↑ Church of England. St Paul's Walden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1810: Nov[embe]r 25th William Son of Henry and Mary Cain

2. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. St Paul's Walden Parish Registers. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   BURIALS in the Parish of St Pauls Walden in the County of Hertford in the Year 1834
   No. 429
   Name: William Cain
   Abode: Workhouse
   When buried: July 13
   Age: 23 y[ea]rs
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: Char[le]s Chauncy, Vicar

3.   County Press (Hertford, Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies)
   Page 2, 19 Jul 1834.

   This week at [sic] inquest was held before Mr. Osbaldeston, at the parish of Pauls Walden, on view of the body of William Cain, who was found dead in his bed. The deceased, it appeared, was subject to fits, in one of which he died.-Verdict accordingly.