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Alfred Huber – Another Life Sacrificed
It was reported in The Bedfordshire Mercury on Saturday August 16 1879 that ‘On Wednesday morning about 9.30, a little fellow named Alfred Huber, 7 years old, son of Mr Huber, cabinet maker,...
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Arthur Ransom – Journalist, Novelist and Philosopher
Arthur Ransom was born on the 18th June 1831 at George Street, Hastings. He was one of the five sons of Mary and William Ransom. His siblings were William (born 1823), Walter (1825), John (1827)...
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Agnes Weston and Henry James Gilbert – Concealment of a Birth
This is a sad story of the death of a newly born baby and the subsequent trial of the parents, Agnes Weston and Henry Gilbert, in August 1891. Agnes Weston was indicted and on bail for...
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James Thomas Hobson – Three times Mayor of Bedford
James Thomas Hobson was born on 8th February 1817 at Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire. His parents were William Hobson and Ann, nee Tingle. When he was a young boy they moved to Burystead Place, next to Croyland...
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Death of a child from burns – Frederick George Garner
It was reported in The Bedfordshire Mercury on Saturday 5th April 1890 that an Inquest was held at the Bedford Infirmary on Friday 29th March before Dr Price, Coroner regarding the death of Frederick...
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John Stride Ager
John Stride Ager was the younger of the two children of Eliza and Frederick Andrew Stride Ager. His sister, Hester was born on 7th June 1891 and John was born on 5th March 1893. They...
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John Fraser Handford – River Ouse Incident 26th April 1879
It was a fine Saturday afternoon in April 1879 when a happy group of friends and relatives gathered at Mr Goatley’s boatyard near Bedford bridge to collect their hire boat for an excursion down the...
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How it all began – James Wyatt
James Wyatt was eleventh in the lineal descent from Thomas Wyatt, who was the brother of Sir Henry Wyatt, of Arrington. Thomas Wyatt was privy councillor to Henry V11, and great-uncle of Sir Thomas Wyatt,...
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William and James Geddes Brothers in Arms
When thousands of Scottish Highlander soldiers arrived in Bedford for training in August 1914, the military authorities were concerned that an outbreak of infectious diseases such as measles could be life threatening for some of...
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Private Arthur Charker of the 4th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Private Arthur Charker of the 4th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders was the son of Isabella and the late Henry Charker. His widowed mother lived at 120 Academy Street, Inverness, Scotland. Private Arthur Charker was one...