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Facts and Events
Esther Moss was born in 1864 at Caddington. She was the fifth child of a bonnet sewer named Catherine Moss, formerly Warren, and her husband William Moss, an agricultural labourer. The family lived at Tipple Hill, in the part of Caddington parish which at the time was in Hertfordshire.
In September 1864, when Esther was only three or four months old, her mother Catherine died from consumption, aged 26. Esther was baptised three days after her mother's burial. Baby Esther did not long outlive her mother, being buried on 2nd November 1864 at Caddington, aged five months. Her cause of death was given as "burn of the breast" and convulsions.
References
- Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Esther MOSS, June Quarter 1864, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 436, mother's maiden name Warren
- ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).
| BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1864 | | No. | When Baptized | Child's Christian Name | Parent's Name | Abode | Quality, Trade, or Profession | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | Christian | Surname | | 1069 | Oct[obe]r 2 | Esther | William & Catherine | Moss | Tipple Hill | Labourer | Tho[ma]s Prescott, Vicar |
- ↑ Deaths register, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
| Superintendent Registrar's District Luton / Registrar's District Luton | | 1864 Death in the District of Luton in the Counties of Beds and Herts | | No. | When and where died | Name and surname | Sex | Age | Occupation | Cause of death | Signature, description and residence of informant | When registered | Signature of registrar | | 293 | Twenty ninth October 1864 Caddington Herts | Hester Moss | Female | 5 months | Daughter of William Moss Farm Laborer | 1. Burn of the Breast
2. Convulsions
Certified | X The mark of Mary How
Present at the death
Caddington Herts | Thirty first October 1864 | Charles Maffey, Registrar |
- ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).
| BURIALS in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1864 | | No. | Name | Abode | When buried | Age | By whom the Ceremony was performed | | 80 | Esther Moss | Tipple Hill | Nov[ember] 2 | 5 mo[nth]s | Tho[ma]s Prescott, Vicar |
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