I was going to write an article on Thomas Youdan and his connection to Sheffield back in 2016 but I never completed my research into what was a very colourful life. But thankfully last year The Totley Local History Group posted an article on Thomas Youdan to their excellent website.
It is very well researched and really portrays the man and the tims he lived in. But after he died there was a family dispute over his last will and testament that culminated in his brother John Youdan defacing his late brothers memorial in Sheffield's General Cemetery.
As Mr Hoole, one of the magistrates presiding over the case, notes that the whole affair was outrageous and that he had never come across anything like it in his life and he hope he wouldn't again.
He imposed a fine of £10.00 and if John Youdan defaulted he would be sent to prison for two months.
The burial record is from the Sheffield Records Online database
burial no: 6125
grave no: G 72
death date: 28 Nov 1876
burial date: 01 Dec 1876
name: Thomas Youdan
sex: Male
age: 60
cause of death:
description: Gentleman Farmer
residence: Flotmanby House, Ganton, Filey
minister: Robert Mitford Taylor
burial type: consecrated
No comments:
Post a Comment