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George Ernest Green

Born Apr 1868 in Newtown, Colony of New South Wales

Son of George Green and Johanna (Bourke) Green

Brother of Thomas Sydney Green, Sarah Jane (Green) Walker, Lucy Mary (Green) Poolman, Alice Elizabeth (Green) Mahony [half], George Ernest Green [half] and Ivy Isabel (Green) Maidment [half]

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died 30 May 1876 at age 8 in Newtown, Colony of New South Wales

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George Green was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

George Green died young.

George Ernest Green was born in April, 1868 in Newtown, Colony of New South Wales, son of George Green (1838–1890) and Johanna Bourke (1847–1878).^[1]

George died on May 30, 1876 in Newtown, New South Wales, aged 8.^[2] He was buried in Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales.^[3]

Sad Fatal Accident.
THE City Coroner held an inquest on Tuesday morning, at the Shakespere Hotel, Newtown, touching the death of a child named George Ernest Green.

The following depositions were taken:

George Green deposed: He is a baker residing at Newtown Road. The deceased was his son, aged eight years and one month. About half-past one o'clock yesterday he last, saw him alive, at home. The next he saw of him was at Dr Sedgwick's door, about five o'clock just as he was dying.

Charles Moore deposed: He is an oimnibus conductor, residing in Nelson-street, Newtown. He is 17 years of age. He saw the deceased yesterday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, on the railway bridge at Newtown. There were two other boys with the deceased. The three of them were playing and singing out to him "Hold hard," and "All right." They were walking towards the omnibus whilst calling out to him who, was standing on the monkey board. One of the three - the deceased - attempted to jump on the omnibus, which was at that time stationary. He told him not to get on the omnibus or he would be hurt. He was standing on the bottom step of the vehicle, and when told to get off; did so, and' walked backwards, laughing at him (witness). At the time he was walking backwards, there was a dray, loaded with hides, going toward Cook's River. The omnibus was going to Sydney. As the deceased walked backwards, he was going sideways towards the approaching dray. There was only one horse drawing the dray. The horse in the dray was walking at the time. He did not know whether the deceased struck the horse, or the horse struck him, but he (deceased) fell. Deceased was going backwards at the time. When he got off the omnibus, deceased did not walk more than four or five steps backwards before he was knocked down. The deceased was struck on the back of the neck either by the horse or by the shaft, and was lifted off his legs and fell on his side. The wheel of the dray then came up to his side and pressed on him, but did not pass over. Some person stepped forward and caught hold of the horse's head, and stopped him dead. He did not see the driver of the cart all this time. The dray was driven on the proper side of the road.

Martin Gibbons corroborated C. Moore's evidence, and also deposed that there were three drays on the road at the time of the occurrence, the middle one being driven by Edward Stapleton, now before the Court. Stapleton at the time was on his proper side of the road, and was leading his horse by the rein. From Stapleton's position, and he was in his proper position, it was impossible for him to see the deceased. When the boy fell under the wheel Stapleton's horse swerved about three feet to the right, and Stapleton checked him; if Stapleton had not been at his horse's head the wheel must have gone over the deceased.

John Lincoln gave evidence to the effect that he saw the deceased under the wheel of the dray, and took him up and carried him to Dr Sedgwick's residence. The wheel of the dray appeared to be resting on the boy's beck when he took him from underneath it. There was a little blood flowing from the nostrils. The deceased's neck was broken, he thought, from the manner in which the head was hanging. Deceased appeared to be dead, he only gave one gasp as he took him up, and did not breathe again.

Dr Milford deposed that he examined the body of the deceased and found no marks of violence on it. Ais attention was directed to the deceased's neck, and he considered it probable that dislocation of the first and second cervical vertebre had taken place, which injuries would be sufficient to cause sudden and immediate death on their being received.

The jury found a verdict of "death from injuries accidentally received."^[4]

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↑ Birth registration of George Green (b. 1868), NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. GREEN GEORGE E Registration number 2895/1868 Father's Given name(s) GEORGE Mother's Given name(s) JOHANNA District NEWTOWN
↑ Death registration of George Green (d. 1876), NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. GREEN GEORGE E Registration number 3087/1876 Father's Given Name(s) GEORGE Mother's Given Name(s) DIED NEWTOWN District NEWTOWN
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92651090/george_e-green: accessed May 7, 2024), memorial page for George E Green (1868–25 May 1876), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92651090, citing Rookwood General Cemetery, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by "Viscount Melbourne" (contributor 49778924).
↑ Sad Fatal Accident. (1876, May 31). Queanbeyan Age (NSW : 1867 - 1904), p. 3. Retrieved May 7, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30600978

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George Ernest Green (1868 - 1876)

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