Who Killed the Butler - Sheffield 1912
"(the butler was) livid and almost pulseless, and struggling for breath"
In the 1911 Census there is the following entry for a William Charles Ranger
Name William Charles Ranger
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Condition Married
Gender Male
Age 62
Estimated Year of Birth 1849
Occupation Butler Domestic
Employed Yes
Working at Home No
Place of Birth Hertford Herts
Enumerator Information
Address 228 Millhouses Lane Sheffield
Parish Ecclesall
Town Sheffield
Type of Building Private House
Number of Rooms Six Inhabited Yes
Reference RG14PN27793 RG78PN1591 RD509 SD5 ED15 SN80
Administrative County Yorkshire (West Riding) Registration District Ecclesall
Bierlow Registration Sub District Ecclesall South Enumeration District 15
Living with William was his wife of 19 years Amy Ranger and a 14 year old son Charles Richard Ranger. There was also another child from the marriage but he/she did not reach adulthood.
But William would never have envisaged that within the year he would be dead and that his death was due entirely to a Persian cat!
From The Manchester Guardian dated 4th April 1912
228 Millhouses Lane, Sheffield - the house where the attack took place - Taken March 2012
Sources
1911 Census
The Manchester Guardian dated 4th April 1912
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