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Inquest - Hannah BARFOOT
Hannah BARFOOT (ms CRONIN) born abt 1818 probably Ireland, died 24 Oct 1874 aged 56 yrs Virginia Street, Ashby, Geelong, Victoria, Australia [Vic 10522] bur 26 Oct 1874 Geelong Cemetery
INDEX TO INQUESTS 1867-1881
BARFOOT Hannah, disease of the heart, Geelong, no age, 330/74
page 1 [330] 26 October 1874 PROCEEDINGS of INQUEST held upon the body of Hannah Barfoot at Geelong.
Received at the Crown Law Offices, October 28th 1874. Foster Shaw Dt.Coroner.
page 2 Geelong * * 24 October 1874
Constable Davy Esq No. 256
Reports the Death of Hannah Barfoot, an old woman Living in Vergenia St. (Virginia St) Kildare District a neighbour, married, Mary Highett; saw deceased last night between nine & ten o'clock 23rd Inst. and was not seen again - alive; & about half past four o'clock this afternoon, two neighbours, named Mrs. Highett, and Mrs. Gordon, did not see deceased going about as usual, they forced their way through the fence; the front door not locked, they went in and found her dead, lying on her bed, undressed - deceased has been complaining the last few days; but was not attended by a Medical Doctor &c ...
Michael Davy Constable
Foster Shaw Esq Coroner
page 3 Please inquire whether the deceased had at any time medical attendance and for what disease
Foster Shaw Dt. Coroner 24/10/74
Doctor Carstairs knows nothing of the case whatever. Michl. Davy Constable
page 4 Geelong PROCEEDINGS BEFORE CORONERS. INQUISTION. Colony of Victoria, to wit.
An Inquisition for our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, taken at the Argyle Hotel in the Colony of Victoria aforesaid, the twenty fifth day of October A.D. 1874 in the thirty seventh year of the Reign of our said Lady the Queen, before me Foster Shaw Gentlemen, a District Coroner of our Lady the Queen for the said Colony, upon the view of the body of Hannah Barfoot then and there lying dead, upon the oaths of
Thomas Wills, Alexander Sutherland, Thomas Seely, Joseph Julien, Richard Drover, William Aram, Thomas Craven, Michael Smith, Thomas McLaren, Thomas Reilly, William Mann,Charles Hall
good and lawful men of Geelong in the said Colony, who being duly sworn and charged to inquire, upon the part of our Lady the Queen, when, where, how, and by what means the said Hannah Barfoot came by her death, do say upon their oath that on the twenty fourth day of October in the year aforesaid, in her own cottage, Virginia St. Kildare Geelong & Colony aforesaid was found dead, the said Hannah Barfoot having suffered from
page 5 heart disease. The jurors and ... that the said Hannah Moore (sic) died of apolexy resulting from Disease of heart on the night of the 23rd & 24th of October 1874.
And so the jurors aforesaid on this oath aforesaid do say that the said Hannah Barfoot in * & means aforesaid came by her death & not otherwise.
In witness whereof as well the aforesaid Coroner as the Jurors aforesaid, have to this Inquisition put their hands and seals, on the day and year, and at the place above mentioned.
Foster Shaw Dt. Coroner
Thomas Wills, Wm Aram, Thomas Seely, Chas Hall, Thomas McLaren, Wm Mann, Thomas hisXmark Riley (P. Conlor), A. Sutherland, Thomas Craven, Michael Smith, Joseph Julyan, Richard hisXmark Drover (P. Conlor)
page 6 Geelong CORONER'S INQUEST. COLONY OF VICTORIA TO WIT.
William John Barfoot having sworn this 26th day of October 1874 states
Deceased was my mother. I have not lived with her. Six months ago I spent three weeks with her. She liked occasionally to complain of pain in her left side. She had sometimes a kind of smothering on her chest - She had been ill three years ago under Dr Carstairs, which she informed me of by letter, as I was there in New South Wales, & that Dr Carstairs told her it would always stick to her, I am not aware of her having had any medical aid of late - I saw her at a distance on Friday going into Mrs Gordons. I called down to her yesterday week, the door was closed & fastened. I called twice that day. I was informed that she was away & on the Saturday last I was detained from going to see her by the rain. In the mean time a person called to say that she was dead -
William John Barfoot
Foster Shaw Dt. Coroner
page 7 Geelong CORONER'S INQUEST. COLONY OF VICTORIA TO WIT. This Deponent Anna Sarah Gordon on her oath saith, I am wife of Michael Gordon residing at Geelong.
I have know the deceased during the last twelve months, since I came to live next door to her. She has always been complaining of pain in her side, after scrubbing the floor which she liked to do for me. She would flush very much in her face - She complained of difficulty of breathing and after chopping wood she felt a choking & suffocating - about 12 months ago she had a severe attack of choking & difficulty of breathing. I gave her some brandy & she came around. On Friday evening last I went in to see her. She was better then than she had been during the week, which she attributed to a severe dose of salts which weakened her. On Saturday morning I went to see her, I didn't go in. In the afternoon I went in with a neighbour and I found her dead in her bed, she could not scrub for me last week as she complained of a light feeling in her head - I never saw her the worse of drink - although people speak of her in that way.
A.S. Gordon
Taken and Sworn before me, the 26th day of October, 1874, at Geelong
Foster Shaw Dt. Coroner
page 8 Geelong CORONER'S INQUEST. COLONY OF VICTORIA TO WIT. This Deponent Mary on her oath saith, I am the wife of Joseph Highet residing at Gerturde St. Kildare I have known the deceased a good many years. She had a severe illness two or three years ago and was attended by Dr Carstairs, ever since she has complained of a pain in her side - I have heard her say that she could not work, that it upset her to do so - I saw her on Friday night last at my own place - She left bidding me good night. She left between 9 & 10.00 - She took a cup of coffee but ate nothing. She seemed nice & strong - she was rather stout - I cannot say which side the pain was in.
Mary herXmark Highett
Taken and Sworn before me, the 26th day of October, 1874, at Geelong
Foster Shaw Dt. Coroner
page 9 Newport Pincott Surgeon being sworn this 26th day of October 1874 states I have heard the evidence given in this case & I have examined the body of the deceased Mrs Barfoot now lying in her bed in her cottage Virginia St, the remains are that of a woman advanced beyond middle age & very corpulent. Her body is not decomposed, nor are there any marks of violence, face & neck are much engorged with blood & a quantity of froth effusing from her nostrils, the symptoms detailed in witness with reference to the chest, namely pain in left side, difficulty of breathing & suffocation are indicative of heart disease. Her congestion of face & neck indicate determinations of blood to head, any obstruction to the blood through her heart would cause this, and I am of opinion that the immediate cause of death was congestive apoplexy probably resulting from disease of heart.
Rupert Pincott
Taken and Sworn before me, the 26th day of October, 1874, at Geelong Foster Shaw Dt. Coroner
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