Thomas FURMIDGE b. 1849 Redmile, Leicestershire, England d. 10 Apr 1858 Redmile, Leicestershire, England: Our Family History

1849 - 1858 (9 years)

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Name	Thomas FURMIDGE
Birth	1849	Redmile, Leicestershire, England [1]
Baptism	1 Oct 1849	Redmile, Leicestershire, England [2]
Gender	Male
Reference Number	P1849-006
Death	10 Apr 1858	Redmile, Leicestershire, England [3, 4]
Burial	13 Apr 1858	Redmile, Leicestershire, England [5]
Person ID	I488	Furmedge
Last Modified	19 May 2025

Father	Lyne Pickering FURMIDGE, b. Abt 1821, Redmile, Leicestershire, England d. 1900, Redmile, Leicestershire, England (Age 79 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Ann ABEL, b. Abt 1824, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England d. Aug 1862, Redmile, Leicestershire, England (Age 38 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	14 Feb 1846	Redmile, Leicestershire, England [6, 7]
Family ID	F215	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 1849 - Redmile, Leicestershire, England
	Baptism - 1 Oct 1849 - Redmile, Leicestershire, England
	Death - 10 Apr 1858 - Redmile, Leicestershire, England
	Burial - 13 Apr 1858 - Redmile, Leicestershire, England

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Notes

A note has been added to Thomas’ burial record: “This child died of burns from fire [lighters] in the fields whilst he was employed scaring birds.” An inquest was held and reported in the Leicester Journal published 16th April 1858: Thomas had been employed as a bird scarer by R. Birch. He had been with his brother John and they had made a fire to “warm themselves and get their dinner by”. They thought that they had put the fire out but then Thomas sat down in the embers, and when the brothers left and were walking across the field, he realised that his clothes had caught fire. His cry brought Mr Birch into the field and both he and John had tried to put the fire out. A surgeon was called and attended Thomas at his home but he died in the night. A verdict of accidental death was given.

[S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Thomas Furmidge, Registered: Jul-Sep 1849, District: Grantham, Lincolnshire, Vol: 14, Page: 405.
[S212] St Peter (Redmile, Leicestershire), Parish Register, Thomas Furmidge, Baptism Register Entry, 1849, DE1008/5, Page: 92; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
[S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, Thomas Furmidge: Registered: Apr-Jun 1858, District: Grantham, Lincolnshire, Vol: 7A, Page: 271.
[S351] Leicester Journal, Leicester, Leicestershire (online archive), “Melton Mowbray: A Boy Burnt to Death”, 16th April 1858, Page: 7.
[S212] St Peter (Redmile, Leicestershire), Parish Register, Thomas Furmidge, Burial Register Entry, 1858, DE1008/7, Page: 54; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
[S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Lyne Pickering Furmidge: Registered: Jan-Mar 1846, District: Grantham, Lincolnshire, Vol: 14, Page: 517.
[S212] St Peter (Redmile, Leicestershire), Parish Register, Lyne Pickering Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1846, DE5015/1, Page: 17; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.