Mrs.

1830 - 1861  (~ 31 years)

• Name	Mrs.
  Born	CA 1830	of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Accidental Death	9 Jul 1861
  	drowning
  Interesting	misfortune, drowning, accident
  Died	9 Jul 1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Cause: drowning
  Misfortune	1862
  	drowned in well
  Name	Mrs. Sheehan
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-125339
  Person ID	I125339	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Sheehan,   b. Abt 1830, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F42814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Sheehan: Drowned in a Well Mrs. Sheehan came to her end Tuesday night last, about 7 o'clock, by falling into a well, near the corner of Wellington and Catherine Streets. It appeared from the evidence taken before the Coroner, that she was about to remove to another house, and taken to it, during the day, two pigs. She went in the evening for the purpose them some meat, and had occasion to go to the well, for some water. While stooping down to reach the water, it is thought that she lost her hold and went headfirst into the well. Her Husband, who was in the house, which was only a short distance off, wondering where she was stopping so long, and went in search of her, about half an hour after she left, and found her, with little more than her head under water. The well is only about four feet in depth, and contained about a foot of water. There was not the slightest bruise about the head to show that it had been injured as she fell in. It is difficult to understand, how she was unable to extricate herself from the position in which she was found. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death by drowning. Berlin Telegraph 12 Jul 1861

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), Sheehan: Drowned in a Well - 12 Jul 1861.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1830 - of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: drowning - 9 Jul 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth