Harry Wilmott Schofield

1881 - 1888  (6 years)

• Name	Harry Wilmott Schofield
  Born	2 Sep 1881	Stainforth   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Aug 1888	Doncaster, drowned in canal
  Person ID	I62060	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Matthew Moxon Schofield,   b. 1842, Stainforth ,   d. Abt Aug 1905, Rotherham  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Susann Thompson,   b. 1848, Doncaster ,   d. Abt Aug 1893, Thorne  (Age 45 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1872	St Peter and St Paul, Barnby Dun, Doncaster   [2]
  Family ID	F19788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  An inquest report in The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 14.8.1888, headed 'A Boy Drowned at Doncaster' stated: 'Yesterday . . . the Coroner held an inquest at Stainforth on the body of a boy named Harry Wilmot Schofield, 7, son of Matthew Schofield, keelman, Stainforth. Mrs Schofield stated that the deceased left the house at 5.30 on Friday night with some worms, which he was taking to a man named Woodcock, who was fishing in the canal. When Woodcock returned about seven o'clock he said he had not seen the deceased, and Mrs Schofield went in search of her boy, but could not find hi 'William Shirtcliffe, a keelman, and five other men went to the basin communicating between the river and the canal, and dragged for the deceased. About 11 o'clock they found him in about five feet of water quite dead. There was a wall at the side . . . giong straight down about two feet. A verdict of Found Drowned was returned.'

  
  

• Sources

  [S010049] BC. [S010069] MC.