Centuries Past
Susan Martha Eliza Wigley

-
Name Susan Martha Eliza Wigley Birth 23 Feb 1881 23, Bath Gardens, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England Gender Female Residence 23 Dec 1900 167, Copenhagen Street, Islington, Middlesex, England Newspaper-Witness 15 Mar 1910 Islington Gazette - Role: Witness
15 March 1910 Islington Gazette
Yesterday Dr. Francis Danford Thomas held an inquest at Hornsey concerning the death of Edwin Samuel Willis, aged two months, son of a fish curer, living at 88, Campsbourne-road, Hornsey.
Thomas William Willis, the father, said that the child had been ill and had been treated at the hospital. On Wednesday it was taken to bed by his wife, and it slept between her and witness. On Thursday morning, at half-past seven, he got up to prepare the breakfast. Suddenly his wife called out to him to look at the baby, and on his doing so he found that it was dead.
By the Coroner-When they went to bed they were sober. He being out of work had no money to spend on drink.
Mrs. Willis, the mother, gave confirmatory evidence, adding that they had four other children who were doing well.
Dr. Thomas Thompson, of 2, Campsbourne-road, said he had made a post-mortem examination, and found that death was due to suffocation. The deceased had suffered from wasting.
Coroner's Officer Fraser said that he had made inquiries, and found that the parents were respectable but very poor.
Verdict : "Death from misadventure."
The foreman of the jury said the jurors would hand over their fees to the parents. The father, in answer to the Coroner, said he was unable to bury the body.
The Coroner's officer said that the parish authorities would bury the body and they would take from him an undertaking to reimburse them the expense when he obtained work.
The foreman of the jury handed over to the father £1, he having supplemented the jury-men's fees himself.
Residence-Occupant 15 Mar 1910 88, Campsbourne Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England - Role: Occupant
Name Susan Eliza Wigley _FSFTID LCFM-JHJ _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCFM-JHJ Death 6 Jan 1942 - grave No. 2370 section A.C.
Burial Great Northern Cemetery, Brunswick Park Road, New Southgate, Middlesex, England Person ID I1710 FamilyTree1 Last Modified 28 Aug 2025
Father Edwin Samuel Wigley, b. 1860, Bermondsey, Surrey, England d. Yes, date unknown
Mother Susan Matilda Crook, b. 1858, Quebec, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F591 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thomas William Willis, b. 5 Jul 1876, Islington, Middlesex, England d. 27 Mar 1942, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
(Age 65 years)
Marriage 23 Dec 1900 All Saints Church, Battle Bridge, Kings Cross, St Pancras, Middlesex, England - Thomas William Willis
Year of Registration: 1900
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Islington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 395
Children + 1. Thomas Edwin Willis, b. 1901, Islington, Middlesex, England d. 25 Dec 1964, Wood Green, Middlesex, England
(Age 63 years)
2. Private 3. John Richard Willis, b. Dec Q 1905, Edmonton, Middlesex, England d. Mar Q 1906, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
(Age 1 year)
4. Charles Robert Willis, b. 1907 d. 28 May 1967, Haringey, Middlesex, England (Age 60 years)
5. George William Willis, b. 7 Dec 1908 d. 1971, Islington, Middlesex, England (Age 62 years)
6. Edwin Samuel Willis, b. Jan 1910, Edmonton, Middlesex, England d. 10 Mar 1910, 88, Campsbourne Road, Hornsey, Middlesex, England
(Age 0 years)
7. Robert Willis, b. Mar Q 1911, Edmonton, Middlesex, England d. Mar Q 1911, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
(Age 0 years)
8. William Charles Willis, b. 27 Feb 1912, Edmonton, Middlesex, England d. 1973, Devon, England
(Age 60 years)
9. Private 10. James Edwin Willis, b. 1917, Edmonton, Middlesex, England d. 1918, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
(Age 1 year)
11. Private 12. Private 13. Private 14. Frank Eric Willis, b. 1928, Edmonton, Middlesex, England d. 1928, Edmonton, Middlesex, England
(Age 0 years)
Family ID F468 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Dec 2013
- Role: Witness