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Waterloo Region Generations
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Mathilda Neuven
1822 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Mathilda Neuven Born 1822 of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario 
Gender Female Interesting crime, murder, story [1] Name Martha Ann Neuven Name Mathilda Bourdon Residence 1843 Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] Eby ID Number Waterloo-149856 Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I149856 Generations Last Modified 19 Dec 2024
Family Anthony Bourdon, b. CA 1813, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario , d. 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 37 years) Married 4 Sep 1843 Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada [2] Last Modified 19 Dec 2024 Family ID F41568 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - The conduct and outcome of the Vincent case may be compared with the 1850 trial of Mrs Bourdon of Berlin for poisoning her husband. At the County of Waterloo Assizes held at the courthouse in Guelph in September 1850, Mrs Bourdon was charged with putting "corrosive sublimate" into water and soup taken by her husband who was described by several witnesses as abusive and habitually drunk. Her demure and attractive appearance was noted in the press reports as not that of a murderess. Dr John Scott testified that Mrs Bourdon (whom he had known in Berlin for six years) had come to his surgery seeking medicine to control her husband's drunkenness. Henry Smith of Berlin's new Medical Hall told the court that he had sold Mrs Bourdon various poisons to kill rats and a dog. The jury took 40 minutes to decide on a verdict of "not guilty" but the judge felt bound to conclude that he believed Mrs Bourdon "not guiltless" and that she would always bear a stain on her character.
Waterloo Township Through Two Centuries by Elizabeth Bloomfield pg 99
- The conduct and outcome of the Vincent case may be compared with the 1850 trial of Mrs Bourdon of Berlin for poisoning her husband. At the County of Waterloo Assizes held at the courthouse in Guelph in September 1850, Mrs Bourdon was charged with putting "corrosive sublimate" into water and soup taken by her husband who was described by several witnesses as abusive and habitually drunk. Her demure and attractive appearance was noted in the press reports as not that of a murderess. Dr John Scott testified that Mrs Bourdon (whom he had known in Berlin for six years) had come to his surgery seeking medicine to control her husband's drunkenness. Henry Smith of Berlin's new Medical Hall told the court that he had sold Mrs Bourdon various poisons to kill rats and a dog. The jury took 40 minutes to decide on a verdict of "not guilty" but the judge felt bound to conclude that he believed Mrs Bourdon "not guiltless" and that she would always bear a stain on her character.
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Sources - [S2370] Court - Upper Canada Prisoner Index, Bourdon (Boundon?) Martha Ann Age: 26 Year: 1850 Age: Guelph Jail.
- [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Jacob Huether, Preston report 30.
Antonie Bourdan, to Mathilda Neuven, both of Waterloo. 4 Sept. 1843
- [S2370] Court - Upper Canada Prisoner Index, Bourdon (Boundon?) Martha Ann Age: 26 Year: 1850 Age: Guelph Jail.
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Born - 1822 - of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario 
Residence - 1843 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada 
Married - 4 Sep 1843 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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