hi i am new to this site and am looking into the family history of my father john wilkinson who was born and grew up in little wenlock, his mothers family were called morris and had lived in the village for generations. William Henry Morris was born in 1882 and died in 1911 of pneumonia he is said to have save a friend from the river severn at ironbridge and i am most keen to find out more can anyone help as this is very intriging....pameyj
hi mike......many thanks for your reply.....unfortunately there are not many relatives left to talk to there are a couple of cousins on my dads side who live in madeley and they gave me the information it all being a bit vague...i did send of for a death certificate and it said william morris died 18th january 1911 at 9 little wenlock of tonsilitus and double pneumonia....i also got intouch with the ironbridge gorge community archive who said a william morris aged 19 was buried on the 21st january at little wenlock church but gave his abode as the workhouse,,,the mystery deepens...any help would be appreciated also if anyone has any information of the morris family i would love to hear about it regards....pameyj
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Hello Pamey
Without more information from your family (you have checked with all your living relations?) you will probably have to rely on the newspapers but without a precise date you will need to hunt for any indexes that might exist to throw up your father's name. It might just be worth trying The T i m e s index for a start. This is a subscription site but you can almost certainly access it free of charge through your local library, possibly from home if you have a library card. If that doesn't work then you are going to have to have a trip to Shropshire to search for indexes. Start at Shropshire Archives in Shrewsbury.
Mike