July 2009 Additions to records
Our busy Research Team, led by Ann Barrett, added detail to 56 of the records on the website in July 2009.
Examples of this months additions include: the report of the death Daniel Barnes in 1881 he was the owner of the Pier Hotel and a Director of the Pier and Gas Companies; report of a fatal accident on Ryde Pier in 1882 resulting in the death of a porter George Burnett; the erection of a memorial to Superintendent of Police Mr John Burt in 1881; the funeral of Scoutmaster Hugh Clarke in 1919; the report of an investigation into the death (in suspicious circumstances) of Ann Ellyett in 1871; report of an inquest into the death of Denys Hatcher of Wootton who died in a boating tragedy in 1946; plus much more.
To see the full list of files added in July please click on the link below.