1848-01-07 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1848-02-28 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1851 | living with her family in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with a house servant and a visitor | TNA: HO 107/1859 f200 p34 |
1861 | scholar, living in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with her family and a general servant | TNA: RG 9/1360 f33 p2 |
1871 | mantle hand, unemployed, living with her brother Samuel in a flat at 10 Terminus St, Melcombe Regis, Dorset | RG 10/2002 f49 p44 |
1881 | mantle maker, one of two boarders at 3 Gilbert Road, Ashford, Kent | RG 11/947 f29 p6 |
1884-02-25 | m. John Edward Burden (1851–1905, rate collector, b. Ashford), at St Martin's, Cheriton, Kent | GRO index; censuses; Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1884-03-08 |
1885-08-08 | husband of 1a Park-road, Ashford | South Eastern Advertiser |
Children: | Frank Edward (1885–1951), Harold Augustus (1887–1970), Lewis Arthur (1887–1921), and Cecil Edwin (1889–1976), all b. Ashford | GRO index; censuses |
1891 | living with her family at 1a Park Road, Ashford | RG 12/699 f49 p21 |
1901 | RG 13/782 f5 p1 | |
1905-02-26 | husband of 1a Park Road, Ashford, at the date of his death | National Probate Calendar |
1911 | widow, living with her family in 5 rooms at 1a Park Road, Ashford | RG14PN31410 RG78PN1805 RD576 SD2 ED1 SN31 |
1921 | home duties; living with her sons Frank and Lewis in 6 rooms at 1a Park Road, Ashford | RG 15/04289 RD55 SD2 ED3 SN112 |
1921-10-26 | son of 1a Park Road, Ashford, at the date of his death | National Probate Calendar |
1922-06-28 | administrator of her son's estate, at London | |
1926-02-26 | of 1a Park-road, Ashford; d. at the Cottage Hospital, Ashford | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
1927-10-27 | will proved at London by William Henry Burden, builder, and William Pollard, jeweller; effects £3699 | National Probate Calendar |
1928-03-04 | further grant; proved by William Henry Burden, builder, and Mark Green, solicitor's clerk; effects £1598 5s. 4d. | National Probate Calendar |
1848-01-07 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1848-02-28 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1851 | living with his family in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with a house servant and a visitor | TNA: HO 107/1859 f200 p34 |
1861 | pupil, one of seven in the infirmary, Christ Hospital school, Christchurch St Botolph Without, London | TNA: RG 9/222 f82 p16 |
1871 | watchmaker, living with his sister Maria in a flat at 10 Terminus St, Melcombe Regis, Dorset | RG 10/2002 f49 p44 |
1881 | watchmaker, of 46 Langney Rd, Eastbourne, Sussex, one of two boarders with the family of George Huggett, smith | RG 11/1039 f60 p5 |
1884-03-11 | m.1. Louisa Braine (née Geary, 1845–1906, b. Ringwood, Hampshire) | GRO index; censuses |
POLLARD—BRAINE.—March 11th, at St. Mary's, Old Town, Eastbourne, Samuel, eldest son of the late Edwin Pollard, of Sherborne, Dorset, to Louisa, widow of the late Edwin H. Braine, of Eastbourne. |
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 1884-03-15 | |
1889-05-16 | at County Court: "Cohen and Cohen v. Samuel Pollard."—This was a claim for £10 7s., balance of account on a debt assigned to plaintiffs, of which defendant had received due notice.—Mr. Jeffery represented the plaintiffs, and Mr. Burt the defendants.—This case was partly heard at the last court, and Mr. Burt now contested the whole claim, and went at length into the dealings between Pollard and Ravenbird, from whom Cohen received the assignment of the debt with a view of showing that Ravenbird had received the money, with the exception 19s., which was paid into court.—The accounts and bills in proof of this statement, however, were not forthcoming.—In the end. his Honor gave verdict for "10 7s.,. less £1 15s. 6d., which it appeared defendant had not been credited with. Costs would follow the verdict. |
Sussex Express, 1889-05-18 |
1891 | watch and clock jobber, living with his wife and stepdaughter at 3 Beaconsfield Terr., Eastbourne | RG 12/774 f13 p19 |
1901 | watchmaker, worker, living with his wife at 7 Willowfield Road, Eastbourne | RG 13/883 f41 p21 |
1906-02-08 | wife of Willowfield-road, Eastbourne, at the date of her death | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
1906-02-23 | watchmaker; administrator of his wife's estate, at Lewes | |
1907 Q4 | m.2. Jane Rosina Hirst (cal 1862 – 1949, b. Marylebone, London), in Eastbourne RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
1908-10-30 | of 7 Willowfield-road, Eastbourne; d. Eastbourne RD | |
1908-10-31 |
DRINK AND SUICIDE Watchmaker's Sad End. SCENE AT THE INQUEST WITNESS REPROVED FOR LAUGHING. A JUROR'S SEARCHING QUESTIONS. Painful disclosures of intemperance and domestic unhappiness were made on Saturday afternoon, when the East Sussex Coroner (Dr. G. Vere Benson, of Lewes, held an inquest at the Leaf Hall, Eastbourne, on the body of Samuel Pollard, a journeyman watchmaker, of 7, Willowfield-road. Mr Frank Sogno was chosen as foreman of the jury which also included Mr. A. Riddle, Mr. J.E. Wadey, Mr. F. Featherston, Mr. W.R. Whiting, Mr. C. Whiting, Mr. W.R. Mockett, Mr. Cris. H. Moorton, Mr. R. Dyer, Mr. F. Pattenden, Mr. Goddard, Mr. J.W. Hobbs and Mr. L.V. Hobbs. The police were represented by Inspector C. Miles and Constable R. King. DELIRIUM DURING THE NIGHT. Jane Rosina Pollard, widow of deceased, was the first witness. She is a middle aged woman with light brown hair and a florid complexion and she wears spectacles (pince-nez). Replying to the Coroner, she said—My husband, who was sixty years of age, was a watchmaker by trade. I last saw him alive at nine o'clock yesterday morning when he was in the kitchen. He came down brushing the case of a watch, and he had a glass of stout. Was it his habit to take stout so early?—Unfortunately—lately. Has he been taking more than he ought lately?—Yes; I think so. That would go a long way to account for this dreadful act of his. Has he been exceeding to a great extent? Has be been taking spirits, or beer, or stout?—Well, he took a little of each. Where did he get it?—He brought in spirits, but I hid it away from him. He did not obtain the drink from any of the houses around here as I had stopped it. I suppose he was subject to occasional breaking out in regard to drink?—Yes. At other times he would be as good as gold. When did he have the last breaking out?—Quite a month ago, I should think. Was he obliged to have the doctor then?—I doctored him myself. I did not bring the doctor in more than I could help because it made so much expense. I daresay you did it as well as any other doctor?—I gave him as much nourishment as I could to stop his craving for drink. Was he delirious?—Through the night. After taking the stout he went upstairs. I was busy, and when I went up I saw him hanging in front of the door. I had not heard a sound. His face was as black as coal. It gave me a shock, I can assure you. He had driven the nail into the cupboard door. PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE. Mrs. Pollard, further questioned by the Coroner, said—He (deceased) tried to do it twice before. The second time he woke me up in the night and said, "Jenny, take this cord off my neck. It won't hold me. I shall have to get one. I shall not do it now." That was about two months ago. How long ago was the first attempt made?—Well, of course I could not tell you. This has all occurred during the past year. We were married in December. The time he was in bed he had a cord with a loose knot. He put it on to strangle himself. (Witness concluded her remarks with a laugh). The Coroner (gravely)—I don't think it was a laughing matter. Mrs. Pollard—I thought it was a laughing matter at the time, when he woke me up out of my sleep. If he wanted to do it, why didn't he do it? The Coroner—It is no laughing matter now he has taken his life. What he tried to do on the other occasions was to commit a very serious crime. Mrs. Pollard—Yes; it is a serious crime. Mr J.W. Hobbs—If I were a wife I should not make it a laughing matter at an inquest. Mr. Sogno (to witness)—Your domestic relations have been unhappy since the time of your marriage? You have not lived happily with your husband? Mrs. Pollard—On account of his drinking. Mr. Sogno—He was not a drunkard before you married him. I have known him for thirty years. Mrs. Pollard—I cannot say anything. Mr. Cris. Moorton—I am not acquainted with the procedure of coroner's inquests, and, being somewhat nervous, I have written down some questions. I have known Mr. Pollard for some twenty-six or twenty-seven years and I should like to ask these questions. Of course they have not been prompted. They have formed themselves in my mind since I was summoned to serve on the jury. You say he was delirious the night previous to his death? Mrs. Pollard—No, I did not. The Coroner—I understood you to say so. Mrs. Pollard—He had no sleep all the night and I know I was kept awake. Mr. Moorton—Do you think you did the right thing the next morning in going out to get drink? Mrs. Pollard—Well, if I had not got it he would have gone out himself. Then he would have stopped out the whole of the day. No one would have brought him home. Mr. Moorton—Would not it have been the right course to have fetched the doctor? Mrs. Pollard—I have often fetched the doctor. That is where £9 is owing now. A JUROR'S QUESTIONS RESENTED. Mr. Moorton—Since you were married has your conduct been perfectly moral? The Coroner—I don't think you had better ask that question. Mr. Moorton—As regards domestic trouble has Mr. Pollard had no cause for suspicion as to your moral conduct? Mrs. Pollard—I am not obliged to answer you on an untruth! No, I will have no more of it. I am before judge and jury. You mind your business! Mr. Moorton—It is my business as a juror. Of course if I am out of order the Coroner will rule that I am. Mrs. Pollard—He told you so just now. The Coroner (to Mr. Moorton)—I don't think you can ask this witness to make admissions of that sort. She has refused to answer. You must be satisfied with that. Mr. Moorton—I think there have been frequent quarrels? Mrs. Pollard—Of course you don't mind your own business. Mr. Moorton—I am minding my business as a juryman. Mr. J.W. Hobbs—Quite right. The Coroner—It is a simple question. Have there been frequent quarrels? Mrs. Pollard—Yes, on and off. Mr. Moorton—Will you tell the jury what have been the causes of these quarrels? Mrs. Pollard—The majority have been due to drink and my jealousy. I will tell you straight. Mr. Moorton—Was Mr. Pollard a drunkard before his marriage? Mrs. Pollard—According to what I can hear of it. I shall not say what I don't know. I do not know that he was a moderate drinker. Mr. Moorton—Recently he has given way to drink a great deal? Mrs. Pollard—That is not my fault. Mr. Moorton—Don't you think the trouble has arisen in consequence of Mr. Pollard gaining the knowledge of your going to public-houses with other men? Mrs. Pollard—Certainly not! No! "HOW DARE YOU?" Mr. Moorton—Have you been cautioned? Mrs. Pollard (angrily)—You dare to say such a thing against my character! How dare you! Mr. Moorton—I do dare to do my duty as a juryman. Mrs. Pollard—I say you tell an untruth then. I have myself to speak up for, and you have no right to say such a thing against me. The Coroner—If you asked what is untrue you can deny it. Mrs. Pollard—Yes. I do deny it. The Coroner—I think you will serve your interest best by denying it firmly, and not by losing your temper. Mr. Moorton—Have you been cautioned in any public-house? Mrs. Pollard—I suppose I can go in with a relation? Mr. Moorton—Mrs. Pollard, this was not a relation. Have you been cautioned about going into a public-house with strange men? Mrs. Pollard—By whom? You have never seen me in a public-house with strange men. What you accuse me of is going to a public-house with my old "guv'nor," to whom I was housekeeper for twelve months at Waldron. Mr. Moorton—Is that the only occasion? Mrs. Pollard—Since I have been a married woman. Never mind what I did before. That has nothing to do with you. I suppose that when I am letting rooms I can admit to my house anyone I like. A QUESTION DISALLOWED. Mr. Moorton—This is the last and most important question. Before you were married did Mr. Pollard know—— Mr. Riddle—I don't think he can put that at all. I think that is unfair. The Coroner—I don't see the bearing on our enquiry. Our object is to ascertain how deceased came by his death. In the second place if there is any obvious reason, it is right it should be brought up. I think it is quite enough to have the admission of the wife that the relations were not happy. She says they were due to his drinking and her jealousy of him. There may have been jealousy on both sides. It is quite fair, perhaps, to suggest that he had reasons for jealousy; but I do not think you can ask this witness to give an account of her previous life. STATEMENTS BY JURORS. Mr. J.W. Hobbs—I knew Mr. Pollard for twenty years, and never saw him the worse for drink. Mr. Riddle—I knew him for 23 years. I was a personal friend for ten years, and as far as I knew he was a very abstemious man. For the last twelve months I think that he has probably taken occasionally a little more than has been good for him. He knew him when he was at Walkers's. MRS. POLLARD FURTHER QUESTIONS. Mr. Goddard (to witness)—Have you been in the habit of accompanying your husband on his drinking bouts? Mrs. Pollard—Well, to take care of him. Mr. Goddard—Oh; to take care of him. Mrs. Pollard—Yes, to take care of him. Mr. C. Whiting put a question as to deceased's alleged first attempt to commit suicide. Mrs. Pollard—I took a nail out, and he knocked another in at the same place. He said, "I am going to hang myself. I don't think the nail would have been strong enough for me." By the Coroner—When I found deceased hanging yesterday I ran out and called Mr. Sympson. A WITNESS COMMENDED. Edward Sympson, a middle-aged man, was next called and said—Yesterday morning the last witness told me that her husband was hanging by a rope and that she wanted me to see to him. She was much agitated and excited. I found deceased at the top of his house in a workshop. He was hanging by the neck, his toes almost touching the ground. I cut him down at once. The nail, I should say, was about 7ft. from the ground. Deceased was a very short man—not above 5ft. He put his head in the noose and dropped down. He was a heavy man for his size. Mr. Sogno—Probably the fall severed the spinal cord. Witness—The doctor said that deceased's neck was too strong for that. The bed was only about 1 ft. from the wall. Dr. Bailey and Dr. Bryce Maucalay came to the house. Dr Bailey said that it was impossible that the neck could have been broken because deceased fell such a little way. Death was due to suffocation. The rope was embedded in the neck, and I found it a difficult matter to cut deceased down. Mr. J.W. Hobbs considered that witness' action was very creditable. It often happened that the first person called in went away to get assistance instead of cutting the body down at once. In reply to a juror, witness said that he got to the house at about ten minutes past ten. The Coroner remarked that deceased must have been in a condition bordering on delirium tremens, and it was a great pity that the witness did not call in a doctor. Mr. Goddard—Especially in view of previous attempts. Mr. Sympson—I should mention that Mr. Paul (a gardener) was with me. As soon as I got the body down I sent for a doctor. Mr. J.W. Hobbs—I saw deceased the night before. I simply met him in the street. HER THIRD HUSBAND. Mr. Sogno—Was he your third husband, Mrs. Pollard? Mrs. Pollard—Yest. Mr. C. Whiting—Was he in financial difficulties? Mrs. Pollard—Yes; decidedly. The Coroner—He was in work? Mrs. Pollard—He had not done any for a week. The Coroner—What was the reason of that? Mrs Pollard—It was because he had been having a little too much. VERDICT. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity. |
Eastbourne Gazette, 1908-11-04 |
1908-11-03 |
SCENE AT A FUNERAL. The funeral of a suicide named Samuel Pollard, at Eastbourne yesterday, was characterised by disgraceful scenes. Great feeling existed against the widow, who came in for loud hisses and booing, both upon leaving the house and on returning. The police kept the crowd back when Mrs. Pollard left the house to enter a carriage, but the booing continued until the hearse had left the road. At the graveside people made obnoxious remarks to Mrs. Pollard, and followed her to the carriage. One woman gathered a handful of gravel and shingle and threw at the widow. Further disturbance took place upon returning home, and the police had to make a passage way for the woman through the crowd, which continued to hoot. Among the things thrown at her was a bag of flour. |
Lancashire Evening Post, 1908-11-04 |
PELTED AT A FUNERAL. GRAVEL AND FLOUR HURLED AT SUICIDE'S WIDOW. The funeral of a suicide named Samuel Pollard, at Eastbourne yesterday, was characterised by disgraceful scenes. Great feeling existed against the widow, who came in for loud hisses and booing, both upon leaving the house and on returning. The police kept the crowd back when Mrs. Pollard left the house to enter a carriage, but the booing continued until the hearse had left the road. A portion of the crowd followed on foot to Ocklynge Cemetery, and others filled a motor-'bus going in that direction. On passing the cortege the occupants of the motor-'bus again hooted loudly. At the graveside people made obnoxious remarks to Mrs. Pollard, and followed her to the carriage. One woman gathered a handful of gravel and shingle and threw at the widow. Further disturbance took place upon returning home, and the police had to make a passage way for the woman through the crowd, which continued to hoot. Among the things thrown at her was a bag of flour. Police were put on special duty outside the house all the evening, and kept moving the crowd away. |
Nottingham Evening Post, 1908-11-04 | |
1908-11-23 | will proved at Lewes by his widow Jane Rosina Hirst; effects £160 | National Probate Calendar |
1849-10-20 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1850-09-13 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1851 | living with his family in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with a house servant and a visitor | TNA: HO 107/1859 f200 p34 |
1861 | scholar, living in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with his family and a general servant | TNA: RG 9/1360 f33 p2 |
1871 | cabinet maker, living with his widowed aunt Eliza Pollard and a boarder, at 3 Trinity Road, St Mary, Southampton, Hampshire | RG 10/1188 f126 p24 |
1871-08-31 | cabinet-maker, of Sherborne; m. Emily Hodges (1838 – ?, dress-maker, of Sherborne, d. of George Hodges, tailor), at Sherborne pc, after banns | parish register; GRO index |
went to Australia | William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO | |
1934 | d. Cham, Victoria, Australia | palmer_2020-04-20 |
1852-04-22 | b. Sherborne RD | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1852-05-21 | bapt. Sherborne, Dorset | parish register |
1860-08-14 | d. Sherborne RD | GRO index; Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard' |
1860-08-20 | bur. Sherborne | "England Deaths and Burials, 1538–1991," database, FamilySearch: 9 March 2018, Emma Pollard, burial 20 Aug 1860, citing Sherborne, Dorset, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, FHL microfilm 1,239,228 |
1854-05-17 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1857-04-08 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1861 | scholar, living in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with his family and a general servant | TNA: RG 9/1360 f33 p2 |
1869-08-21 | [Sherborne:] SERIOUS CHARGES.—On Saturday, Edwin Pollard, 15 years of age, apprentice to Mr. Adams, jeweller, Half Moon-street, was charged before Mr. E. Benthall, with stealing watches, chains, brooches, and other valuable articles, the property of his master. The prisoner was remanded. The greater portion of the stolen property has been recovered, but one watch and chain, Pollard says, he was robbed of in Bristol.—On Tuesday, before the same magistrate, Samuel Webb, aged 16, apprentice to Mr. Hayward, linendraper, Cheap-street, was charged with having received some of the articles purloined by Pollard, knowing them to have been stolen. He was also remanded, his father-in-law, a respectable dairyman at Haselbury, becoming bail. Webb is said by his associate, Pollard, to have supplied him with collars and shirt fronts, &c., from his mater's shop; and three or four other lads, whose names have not yet transpired, are "mixed up" in the matter. |
Western Gazette, 1869-08-28 |
1869-09-02 | at Sherborne magistrates' court: Edwin Pollard and Samuel Webb were charged on remand, Pollard with stealing, and Webb with receiving, a watch, the property of Mr. Robert Adams, jeweller. Mr. Ellis appeared for the prosecution, and stated that he considered the evidence was insufficient to convict. He did not, therefore, intend to go on with the case. Prisoners were then discharged. |
Bridport News, 1869-09-03 |
1871 | carpenter apprentice, orphan, living in Combe Rd, Sherborne with his brother William | RG 10/2020 f6 p4 |
1878 Q2 | d. Wandsworth RD | GRO index |
1855-09-12 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1857-04-08 | bapt. Sherborne, as "Edwin Frank"—possibly a slip, as the immediately preceding entry was for his brother Edwin, baptised the same day | parish register |
1857-12-08 | of Sherborne; d. Sherborne RD | GRO index; parish register; Dorset memorial inscriptions; Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard' |
1857-12-12 | bur. Sherborne Cemetery, with a headstone kerb | parish register; Dorset memorial inscriptions |
1857-03-13 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1857-04-08 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1861 | scholar, living in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with his family and a general servant | TNA: RG 9/1360 f34 p3 |
1871 | scholar, pupil at Christs Hospital School, Christchurch, London | RG 10/430 f52 p12 |
1881 | chemist's assistant, one of three shopmen living with Isaiah Bourdas, pharmaceutical chemist, at 6 Pont St, St George Hanover Square, Westminster, London | RG 11/99 f75 p9 |
1882 | of 37 Golborne Road, Kensington; deed of partnership with E.P. Wright, as chemists and druggists | Squires Family Tree |
1889-10-16 |
DEATH BY POISON AT HAMMERSMITH. On Wednesday Dr. Diplock held an inquest at the Royal Oak Tavern, Glenthorne-road, Hammersmith, as to the death of Ellen Beecroft, aged 26, a dressmaker, who had resided at 12, Sotherton-road, Hammersmith, and who came by her death by swallowing prussic acid. The body having been identified, William Thompson, a lad living at 40, Cambridge-road, was called. He said early on Tuesday morning he was at the shop of a chemist at 27, Glenthorne-road and saw the deceased, who was in her nightdress, knock at the door. Mr. Pollard, the chemist, opened the door and asked her if she was coming in or out. She said she would stop outside. Mr. Pollard hustled her in. A woman came downstairs and the deceased said she would kill her. Mr. Pollard held the deceased while the woman passed out. Then there was a row. Mr. Pollard said he would do for himself, and took a bottle from the shelf which he asked witness to hold while he went to get a measure. The deceased snatched the bottle from his hand and drank from it. When Mr. Pollard returned with the measure she was sensible, and addressing him said, "Ain’t you tricky?" He then exclaimed, "Poor Nell." Witness assisted Mr. Pollard to carry her out to the back. Mr. Pollard gave her some water and said he thought she was all right. Witness went for a policeman and a doctor. In answer to questions witness added that he heard the deceased ask Mr. Pollard what he wanted with the woman. He replied that he thought she (the deceased) was not coming home. Witness had previously seen the deceased drinking with a gentleman. Pollard did not know at the time that the bottle contained prussic acid. The Coroner: How do you know that? Who told you ? Witness: Mr. Pollard did. The Coroner: That was afterwards? Witness : Yes. Alfred Pollard, after having been cautioned by the coroner elected to give evidence. He said he was a chemist, carrying on business at 27, Glenthorne-road. He had known the deceased about eight months. On Monday night about twelve o'clock he admitted the deceased in her nightdress. She found he had a woman in the house and wanted to get at her. He held the deceased back while the woman left. She then abused him, and out of pure bravado he said, "I will get out of this," and took a bottle from a shelf and gave it to the boy to hold. He went away, and on his return he found that she had drunk a portion of the contents, which consisted of prussic acid. He sent for a policemen to save her reputation, and his. She lived about forty minutes. In answer to questions, witness said he was not aware at the time what the bottle contained. Police-constable Williams said he was called to the shop and found the deceased resting on Mr. Pollard's knees apparently deed. He was told that she had taken poison. Dr. Alderson, of Glenthorne-road, deposed that when he arrived he found the deceased dead. The result of a post mortem showed that death was due to prussic acid. He ought to have been called in sooner, but he could not take upon himself to say that he could have saved life. The doctor added that he censured Mr. Pollard for not having called him sooner. He had known of cases where life was restored after a dose of prussic acid. The jury after some deliberation returned a verdict of misadventure, censuring Pollard for putting poison within the reach of the deceased, and for not calling in a doctor sooner. |
Kensington News and West London Times, 1889-10-19 |
1889-11-09 |
The Lancet, the leading medical journal, has been dealing rather severely with the Hammersmith chemist who was connected with a case of suicide by prussic acid, which, with the inquest on it, was reported in our columns.—lt says:—The unfortunate woman seems to have been the mistress, or rather one of the mistresses, of Alfred Pollard, chemist, of Glenthorne-road. She came, under the influence of drink and in her nightdress, to his premises at one o'clock on Tuesday morning, and found a rival woman there. Whereupon a quarrel ensued. The chemist, according to his statement, seized a weak preparation of prussic acid which he kept for poisoning cats, threatening "to do for himself." He gave the bottle containing this fluid to a boy who had come with the deceased, to hold till he got a measure. Whereupon the deceased got hold of it and drank enough to kill her in forty minutes. The chemist protested that he never meant to poison himself, which is probably true enough. But his whole behaviour in this business was disgraceful. He displayed a self-possessed air, and described himself as "partly a doctor" to Dr. Alderson, who was not called till the woman was quite dead. Pollard also, with surprising coolness, in the midst of & situation that would have disturbed most men, countermanded the order to the boy to fetch a policeman. The jury returned a verdict of "Death by misadventure," and properly censured Pollard for putting the poison within her reach, and also for not sending for medical aid after she had taken it. As Dr. Alderson said, if she lived forty minutes, and the poison was as diluted as was represented, there might have been a chance of saving her life with suitable remedies. It calls for the consideration of the Pharmaceutical Society, though we are not sure that they can inflict any adequate punishment on so unworthy an Associate. |
Kensington News and West London Times |
1891 | chemist, neither employer nor employed, living alone at 37 Selborne Rd, Kensington, London, but in a house shared with Edwin C. Wright, chemist, a chemist's shop boy, and three visitors | RG 12/28 f6 p6 |
1894-02-05 | at West London Police Court: Charges OF Drunkenness.—Alfred Pollard, a chemist, of Golborne Road, was charged with having been found drunk in the Broadway, Hammersmith, on Sunday night. The prisoner admitted the offence, but as he had not been in custody before, the magistrate allowed him to be discharged. |
West London Observer, 1894-02-10 |
1897 Q1 | mar. Mary Ann Rose (1850–1931, b. St Marylebone, London), in Marylebone RD | GRO index; censuses |
Child: | Henry Herbert Pollard (1900–1995), b. London | GRO index |
1901 | chemist/drug., worker, living in 4 rooms at 11 York Ter., Willesden, Middlesex, with his wife, son, and three stepdaughters | RG 13/1219 f86 p43 |
1911 | chemist, C.S.S.A, worker, living in a 5-room tenement at 2 Langler Road, Kensal Rise, London W., with his wife, son, two stepdaughters, and a step-grandchild | RG 14/7008 RD129 ED28 SN358 |
1917 Q1 | d. Willesden RD | GRO index |
1858-10-28 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1858-11-19 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1861 | living in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with her family and a general servant | TNA: RG 9/1360 f33 p2 |
1871 | scholar, of the District Royal Asylum of St Annes Society, Streatham, Surrey | RG 10/720 f113 p6 |
1881 | dressmaker, one of three visitors with John and Ann Saunders, of Matlock Lodge, Streatham | RG 11/666 f3 p2 |
1891 | companion to the widowed Ann Saunders, of Matlock Lodge, Streatham; with her brother Arthur, described as Mrs Saunders's niece and nephew | RG 12/458 f92 p2 |
1901 | single woman, with three adopted children, living on own means, of 26 Hazlesden Gardens, Willesden, Middlesex; with a general servant | RG 13/1217 f69 p33 |
1909/1915 | of Marston road, Sherborne; qualified to vote by her dwelling-house there | electoral registers |
1911 | single woman, with three adopted children, private means, living in 8 rooms at Cliff Villa, Marston Rd, Sherborne; an 8-month-old baby also present as a visitor | RG 14/12447 RD265 ED10 SN119 |
1919/1926 | of Cliff Cottage, Marston Road, Sherborne; qualified to vote as its owner | electoral registers |
1921 | home duties, at home; living with two adopted children (aged 25 and 3) in 8 rooms at Cliff Cottage, Marston Road, Sherborne, with three visitors | RG 15/10280 RD265 SD1 ED20 SN121 |
1939-09-29 | private means, living at Marston, Hailsham, Sussex | 1939 England and Wales Register (RG 101) |
1941-10-15 | of 'Marston', Sandy Cross, Heathfield, Sussex, and Maryville, Dersingham, Norfolk; d. Fakenham RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; Dorset memorial inscriptions; Lynn Advertiser, 1942-02-13; Sussex Agricultural Express, 1942-05-08 |
1941-10-20 | of Kings Lynn, Norfolk; bur. Sherborne Cemetery, Dorset, with a headstone kerb | parish register; Dorset memorial inscriptions |
1942-01-30 | will proved at Llandudno by Joseph Everard Hurley, solicitor, and Reginald William Pollard, jeweller; effects £4112 10s. 3d.; net personalty £4047 | National Probate Calendar; Lynn Advertiser, 1942-02-13 |
1860-06-15 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1860-07-07 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1861 | living in Cheap Street, Sherborne, with his family and a general servant | TNA: RG 9/1360 f33 p2 |
1871 | scholar, orphan, living in Combe Rd, Sherborne with his brother Edwin | RG 10/2020 f6 p4 |
1881 | watch maker, living alone at Newland, Sherborne | RG 11/2117 f134 p61 |
1889/1890 | qualified to vote from his house at 58 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral registers |
1891 | watchmaker and jeweller, living alone at 58 St George's Street, Canterbury, Kent | RG 12/708 f34 p7 |
1892/1894 | qualified to vote from his dwelling house at 58 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral registers |
1895-08-12 | jeweller, of S. George, Canterbury; m. Fanny Smithson (1872–1940, of S. Margaret, Canterbury, b. Canterbury, d. of Charles Smithson, smith), at St Margaret's pc, Canterbury, after banns | parish register; GRO index; RG 13/793 f85 p3; RG14PN4328 RG78PN174 RD58 SD1 ED8 SN252 |
1895/1897 | qualified to vote from his dwelling house at 53 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral registers |
1896-02-29 |
At Canterbury John Edwards has been sentenced to 21 days' hard labour for stealing a scarf pin, value 10s. 6d., the property of William Pollard, jeweller, St. George's-street, Canterbury. Prisoner went to the prosecutor's shop and asked to look at some rings. He left without making a purchase, and the scarf pin was then missed it. It was afterwards found in possession of a pawnbroker, who identified prisoner as the person who had pledged it. |
Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette |
Children: | Reginald William (1897–1952) and Doris Fanny (1901–1955), and Joan Margaret (1912 – after 1940), all b. Canterbury | GRO index; Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1937-08-28 |
1900/1901 | qualified to vote from his dwelling house at 53 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral registers |
1901 | watchmaker, living at 53 St George's Street, Canterbury, with his family and a general servant | RG 13/793 f85 p3 |
1901-12-28 |
WILLIAM POLLARD INVITES AN INSPECTION OF HIS LARGE & VARIED ASSORTMENT OF New Year's Presents. 53, ST. GEORGE'S STREET, CANTERBURY |
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald |
1902/1903 | qualified to vote from his dwelling house at 53 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral registers |
1905-03-22 | co-executor of the will of his brother-in-law John Edward Burden, at London | National Probate Calendar |
1905-06-09 | gave evidence in the trail for robbery of Edith
Lee, in Canterbury: William Pollard, watchmaker and jeweller, of 53, St George's Street, Canterbury, stated that on Monday, May 22, a young woman entered his shop and bought a ring. He did not sell it but it was sold in his presence. She paid £1 1s. for it. He could not identify the prisoner. |
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1905-06-10 |
1906/1908 | qualified to vote from his dwelling house at 53 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral registers |
1908-03-07 |
CHIMNEY ALIGHT.—At the Canterbury Police Court on Friday William Pollard, jeweller, was summoned for allowing his chimney to catch alight on the 14th inst.—Defendant pleaded guilty but denied neglect, saying the chimney was swept last spring.—P.C. Lee stated the facts, and a fine of 1s. and costs 11s. 6d. was imposed. |
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1908-03-28 |
1911 | jeweller, worker on own account, home, living in 8 rooms at 53 St Georges Street, Canterbury, with his family, a general servant, and a companion | RG14PN4328 RG78PN174 RD58 SD1 ED8 SN252 |
qualified to vote from his dwelling house at 53 St George's street, Canterbury | electoral register | |
1913 | electoral register | |
1921 | jeweller, employer, at home; living with his family and a domestic servant, in 8 rooms at 53 St George's Street, Canterbury | RG 15/04329 RD58 SD1 ED7 SN98 |
1927-10-27 | jeweller; co-executor of the will of his sister Maria Louisa Burden | National Probate Calendar |
1937-08-26 | of the Rowans, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury; wedding reception for his daughter held there | Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1937-08-28 |
1937-11-24 | of The Rowans, 18 Ethelbert-road, Canterbury; d. Canterbury RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
NATIVE OF SHERBORNE.—Mr. William Pollard, a native of Sherborne, has died at Canterbury, where he has been in business for 50 years as jeweller and silversmith. Mr. Pollard's late father had the jeweller's business on the Parade, Sherborne, and was succeeded by Messrs. Cole & Son at the premises now occupied by Mr. Hicks. Mr. W. Pollard was apprentice to the late Mr. Robert Adams, who had a jeweller's business where the bank now is, under the Conservative Club. Mr. Pollard retired from active participation in his business about 2½ years ago. He leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. |
Western Gazette, 1937-12-24 | |
1937-11-27 |
MR. W. POLLARD The funeral took place at St. Martin's Church, Canterbury, on Saturday, of Mr. William Pollard, aged 77, who died the previous Wednesday. Mr. Pollard, for 50 years in business as a jeweller and silversmith in Canterbury, had been in failing health for some time. He retired from the business about three years ago, since when his sun, Mr. Reginald Pollard, has carried it on. The choral service was conducted by the Rector, the Rev. I. White-Thomson. The chief mourners were the widow, Mr. and Mrs. W. Pollard (son and daughter-in-law), Engineer-Lieut.-Comdr. and Mrs H.M. Kenny (daughter and son-in-law), Miss Joan Pollard (daughter), Miss Joy and Master Peter Pollard (grand-children), Miss Fanny Pollard. Mrs. Martin Kenny, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pragnell, Mr. William Smith. Among those present at the church were Miss B. Stephens. Mr. J. C. Gilson and Mr. F. Farram (staff). Mr E. Beeching, Mrs. A. G. Baker, Mrs. A.C.R. Elliott, Miss A. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. P. Court, Miss P. Court, Mr. P. W. Austen, Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. Gontran Goulden, Dr H.O. Preston, Mr. C. B. Pettit, Mr. F.C. Gentry, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kennett, Mr. Alan Pragnell and Mr. D. Breeze. Floral tributes were from:—The Widow; Reg and Reen; Doris and Harry; Joan; Joy and Peter; Fanny; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pragnell; Mrs. Martin Kenny; Mr. F. W. Martin and family; The Staff; Fellow Jewellers; Mrs. Clark, Gwenyth and Sidney; Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and family; Mrs Townley and family. Mr. and Mrs. F. Biggleston; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Pettit; Mrs. Ambrose Mitchell; Hilda and Jack Breeze; Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Pragnell; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pragnell; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Edwards; Alma and Eric; Mr. and Percy Court and Peggy; Mr. and Mrs. Parker and family; Victor Barnet; Ernest Wingfield; Geoffrey Bartlett; Mr. and Mrs. Solomans; Miss A. G. Lee; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Deakin and family; Mabel and Garnet Denne; Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Beeching; Mr. and Mrs. Billy Standingford; Mr. and Mrs. J. McLaren; Anne T. Richardson; Eric; Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Hern; Margaret; Mr. and Mrs. E W. Baldwin; Mr and Mrs. Webb; Members of the Canterbury Club; Members of East Kent and Canterbury Conservative Club; Mrs. Franklyn Roberts; Irene and Carey; Gontran and Alice; Mr. and Mrs. Baker; Tom Deakin; Sis and Gilbert; Dorothy and Wallace; Mr. and Mrs W. M. Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Baldock. |
Kentish Express, 1937-12-03 |
1938-02-25 | will proved at Lewes by Fanny Pollard, widow; effects £14,276 14s. 6d., resworn £14,328 17s. 9d. | National Probate Calendar |
1862-06-16 | b. Sherborne, Dorset | GRO index; censuses; William Pollard: 'Some Descendants of James and Mary Pollard', Ms book at West Sussex RO |
1862-07-16 | bapt. Sherborne | parish register |
1871 | scholar, of the District Royal Asylum of St Annes Society, Streatham, Surrey | TNA: RG 10/720 f118 p15 |
1881 | clerk in office, in the household of William Paxton, land agent, and his family, of the Estate Office, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire | RG 11/1446 f10 p14 |
1891 | commercial clerk, employed, of Matlock Lodge, Streatham; with his sister Fanny, described as nephew and niece to the widowed Ann Saunders, household head | RG 12/458 f92 p2 |
1893-09-14 | gentleman, of Blenheim Gardens, Willesden; m. Harriet Emma Minnie Man (1863–1920, of Halstead Lodge, Carshalton, Surrey, b. Hastings, Sussex, d. of Harry Edward Man, India C.S.), at All Saints church, Carshalton, after banns | GRO index; parish register; RG14PN7050 RG78PN346B RD129 SD1 ED70 SN241 |
POLLARD—MAN.—On the 14th inst., at All Saints, Carshalton, by the Rector, the Rev. Lord Victor Seymour, Arthur Pollard, of Willesden, to Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Harry Man, of Halstead Hall, Sevenoaks, Kent, and niece of Mrs. Morgan Thomas, Halstead Lodge, Carshalton, Surrey. |
Morning Post, 1893-09-18 | |
I want to record here a very pretty wedding which took place while I was at Carshalton, and to which I was invited. It was a very tasty affair, admirably carried out in all its details. The Bride's name was Miss Harriet Man, and the Bridegroom, Mr. Arthur Pollard. The service was performed by the Rev. Lord Victor Seymour, and I have not heard it so solemnly and pathetically given as by him for many a long day. The bride was accompanied by six bridesmaids, Miss Ella Man, Miss Calvert, Misses May and Kate Man, Miss Marshall (cousins of the bride), and Miss Cary. Mr. Young was best man. The bride was given away by her uncle, Mr. W. Linonel [sic] Man. After the ceremony Mrs. Morgan Thomas received the guests in the pretty little garden at Halstead Lodge. Among them I noticed Lord Victor Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lionel Man, Mrs. Morrice Man, Mr. Hubert Man, Mr. Morrice Man, Miss Pollard, Miss Moger, Mrs. Young, the Rev. Henry Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, Captain and the Misses Weller, Mrs. Calvert and family, Miss Maclean, Mr. Cary, and many others. The presents were numerous. At about five o'clock the happy pair started on their honeymoon, which will be spent at Brighton and the Isle of Wight. |
Wallington & Carshalton Herald, 1893-09-30 | |
1901 | living on own means, living at Blenheim Gdns, Willesden, Middlesex, with his wife, a cook, and a parlourmaid | RG 13/1225 f32 p1 |
1911 | private means, living in 9 rooms at Blenheim House, Blenheim Gdns, Cricklewood, Middlesex, with his wife and two servants | RG14PN7050 RG78PN346B RD129 SD1 ED70 SN241 |
1920-07-27 | wife of 60 Dartmouth-road, Brondesbury, Middlesex, at the date of her death | National Probate Calendar |
1920-08-17 | gentleman; co-executor of his wife's will, at London | |
1921 | formerly employed in a firm of cement manfrs' office since retired & living privately, working at no fixed place; living with a lady companion housekeeper and a servant in 10 rooms at 60 Dartmouth Rd, London, N.W.2 | RG 15/06519 RD129 SD2 ED63 SN59 |
1925 | of 60 Dartmouth Road, Cricklewood ward, Willesden | electoral register |
1928-11-20 | of Sunnyside, 60 Dartmouth-road, Cricklewood; d. Willesden RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar |
1929-01-15 | will proved at London by Arthur Willson Crosse, gentleman; effects £27,019 6s. 8d., resworn £26,785 16s. 5d. | National Probate Calendar |
1929-01-18 |
BEQUEATHED TO VICAR.—A sum of £200, free of duty, has been left to the vicar of St. Gabriel's, Cricklewood (the Rev. J. Noel Gill), by the late Mr. Arthur Pollard. The vicar is devoting one-half to the repair of the church tower and fabric, and the remaining £100 is to go to charities of the church. |
Hendon & Finchley Times |
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