Person:George Medhurst (3)

George William Alfred Medhurst was born in 1861 at Charminster in Dorset, illegitimate son of Emma Medhurst, also known as Emma Hammond, having been illegitimate herself. Emma claimed on George's birth to be married to a musician named George William Hammond, but this appears to be a fiction. However, it is worth noting that many years later Emma did marry (as her second husband) a musician named George William Jones, whom she had probably known from childhood as he spent part of his childhood growing up in Weymouth, where Emma grew up. It therefore seems very likely that George William Jones was George William Alfred Medhurst's father.

Young George appears in the 1861 census living with his mother in Dorchester.

Sadly George died on 25th January 1863 from inflammation of the lungs and pleura. He was not yet two year old. He was buried in Poole on 30th January 1863.

1. ↑ Birth certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   REGISTRATION DISTRICT Dorchester
   1861 BIRTH in the Sub-district of Maiden Newton in the County of Dorset
   No.	When and where born	Name, if any	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden name of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   469	Fifteenth March 1861 Charminster	George William Alfred Medhurst	Boy	George William Hammond	Emma Louisa Hammond formerly Medhurst	Musician	Emma Louisa Hammond Mother Charminster	Twenty sixth March 1861	Charles Groves Registrar

   
2. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 1354; Folio 6; Page 5, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Mill Street, Fordington, Dorchester, Dorset
   W[illia]m Bishop, head, married, male, 26 [1834/5], Masons Lab, b. Fordington, Dorset
   Mary J. Bishop, wife, married, female, 27 [1833/4], Dressmaker, b. Fordington, Dorset
   Emma Hammond, visitor, married, female, 20 [1840/1], Needlewoman, b. Weymouth, Dorset
   G.W.A.M. Hammond, visitor, male, 1mo [1861], b. Charminster, Dorset

3. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Registration District Poole Union
   1863 Death in the Sub-district of Poole in the County of Dorset
   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
   167	25th January 1863 Stokes Buildings Lagland Street Poole	George William Alfred Medhurst	Male	1 year 10 months	Son of Emma Hammond Medhurst single woman	Died from Inflammation of the Lungs and Pleura	Information received from Joseph Harker deputy Coroner for Poole - Inquest held 27 January 1863	Thirtieth January 1863	H.B. Smith Registrar

   
4. ↑ Burials register, in Poole, Dorset, England. Parish Registers of St James, Poole.

   BURIALS in the Parish of Saint James Poole in the County of Dorset in the Year 1863
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1486	George William Alfred Medhurst	Poole	Jan[uar]y 30	1 year 10 months	T.B. Jenkinson