Christine Taylor (buried 1886)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Taylor
First name: 
Christine
Other Christian names: 
Marie
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
117
Born: 
0/0/1882
Died: 
27/05/1886
Buried: 
31/05/1886
Distinction: 
b. Wandsworth, d. Aged 4
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Christine Taylor (buried 1886) headstone
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
48
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
No
Headstone inscription: 
In memory of Gladys Frances aged 5 years and 7 months & Christine Marie aged 4 years and 5 months children of Richard Fielden and Annie Philadelphia Taylor who died on the 27th May 1886 "Ere sin could or sorrow fade death came with timely ..."
Grave location map

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Life story

Life story

Christine was born to Richard Fielden Taylor and Annie Philadelphia Williams in Wandsworth London in  January 1882.

She died aged 4 from the effects of exessive vomiting and purging followed by delirium and tetanic spasms in Heene Worthing.

Burial researcher: 
Pat Brownbill

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1882

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
27/05/1886
Age (at time of death): 
4
Cause of death: 
from the effects of exessive vomiting and purging followed by delirium and tetanic spasms
Address at time of death: 
Worthing, Sussex, England
Obituary

The following report appeared in multiple national and local newspapers in June 1886. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN Two children have died at Worthing under mysterious circumstances. Three children of a gentleman of independent means, named Richard Fielden Taylor, were about four o’clock on Thursday morning taken suddenly ill with excessive purging and vomiting, and by half-past eleven o’clock one girl, aged four years, was dead, and another girl, aged five years, died at half-past three the same afternoon; but the third, a boy, is recovering. At the inquest, which was held on Saturday, it was shown that all the children went to bed in a perfectly healthy condition on Wednesday night. The food partaken of on the preceding day consisted of porridge for breakfast, beef tea for dinner, and bread and butter, with rhubarb jam and fresh milk for tea, one of the three attacked did not, however, partake of jam. The post-mortem examination had been made, but the cause of the illness had completely baffled three medical men, there being no trace of disease or inflammation. Excessive vomiting and purging, followed by delirium and tetanic spasms was the cause of death, but what produced those symptoms there was no means of determining. The symptoms before death were consistent with irritant poisoning, but at the post-mortem examination the appearances were inconsistent with it. The doctor added that he knew of no disease that could simultaneously attack three children and kill two in less than twelve hours without leaving some trace. The drainage of the house was said to be in good order. After an enquiry lasting several hours, an adjournment was decided upon to enable an analysis of the stomachs and their contents to be made by Dr. Stevenson of Guy’s Hospital.