William Deakins Box of Chocolates - Sheffield 1935
The following report appeared in the press dated Wednesday 2nd January 1935
His home address Rundle Road is in the Nether Edge area of the city and his business is on one of the roads leading into the city centre from the west. So what was William Deakin doing on Prince of Wales Road in the early hours of Wednesday 2nd January 1935 with a gunshot wound to the chest
The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror Saturday January 19th 1935
Barbiturates are derivatives of barbituric acid. They can be used as hypnotics, sedatives, anticonvulsants and anesthetics, although they are probably most familiar as 'sleeping pills'. The different properties of the various barbiturates depend upon the sidegroups attached.
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Willis Deacon
Birth 1871 Jun Ecclesall Bierlow Birth Index 1871, 9c/299
Residence 1881 Age: 10 Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England
Census - at 18 New Machon Bank Rd living with parents William Pitchford and Eliza and a sibling. Father Wm is a Silver Plate Mnfr. Ecclesall Bierlow 1881 RG11/4638/127/23
Residence 1891 Age: 20 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Census - Clerk for family's firm at 18 Bakewell Rd living with parents & a sibling, 2 abodes away from Uncle Albert and his family (a Silversmith Employer). Father Wm is a Electroplate Mnfr (Employer). Ecclesall Bierlow 1891 RG12/3811/4/1
Marriage to Kate Maria Slater 1896 Jul Age: 25 Eccclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire, England Ecclesall Bierlow Marriage Index 1896, 9c/506
Residence 1901 Age: 30 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Census - Silversmith Filer (Worker) at 185 Rustlings Rd living with wife Kate Maria & 2 children. Ecclesall Bierlow 1901 RG13/4352/51/9
Residence 1911 2 Apr Age: 39 Ecclesall, Yorkshire-West Riding, England
Census - Manufacturing Silversmith (Employer) at 185 Rustlings Rd living with wife Kate Maria & 2 children. Ecclesall South 1911 RG14/27799
Death 1917 13 Jul Age: 46 Sheffield, Yorkshire West Riding, England
Probate 12 Sep 1917 - of 185 Rustlings Rd, died at Sidney Works Matilda St Sheffield. Effects to widow Kate Maria, £2,570.
Name: William A Deakin
Age: 1 Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Father: Willis Deakin
Mother: Kate M Deakin
Birth Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Ecclesall Bierlow
Ecclesiastical parish: St Augustine
Town: Sheffield
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:
Registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow
Sub-registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow ED, institution, or vessel: 31 Piece: 4352 Folio: 51 Page Number: 9
Household schedule number: 60
Household Members:
Name Age
Willis Deakin 29
Kate M Deakin 33
William A Deakin 1
Edith M Deakin 3
Annie Malloy 25
Janet A Shepherd 16
Name: William Arnald Deakin
Age in 1911: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1900
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Sheffield
Civil Parish: Ecclesall
County/Island: Yorkshire-West Riding
Country: England
Street address: 185 Rustlings Road Sheffield
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: School
Registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow
Registration District Number: 509 Sub-registration district: Ecclesall South ED, institution, or vessel: 21 Piece: 27799 Household Members:
Name Age
Willis Deakin 39
Kate Maria Deakin 44
William Arnald Deakin 11
Edith Marian Deakin 13
Sarah Ann Edwards 27
1935 3 Jan Age: 35 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Probate 12 Mar 1935 - of 9 Rundle Rd, died at the Royal Hospital West St Sheffield.
Effects to his mother, Kate Maria, £3,697.
Sources
Ancestry
The Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror Saturday January 19th 1935
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