Ethel May Abbott

William married Jane Christopher on 28 Jan 1875 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England. Jane (daughter of Richard Christopher and Elizabeth Wheelbat) was born in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England; died on 03 Sep 1921 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter

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Birth:
Kevin Crumpler website indicates date of birth 1825 in Wimbourne Minster, Dorset.

John married Fanny Crumpler on 25 Jun 1846 in Lychett Matravers, Dorset, England. Fanny (daughter of Samuel Crumpler and Louisa Bartlett) was born in 1829 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England; died on 12 Dec 1889 in Lychett Matravers, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Elizabeth Wheelbat. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Surname also spelled Welbat

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter

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Died:
A COUNTRY TRAGEDY
By Beau Parke

Samuel Crumpler paid the price for being so nice
and trusting with his bull;
He walked the field that blistering Summer's day
whilst checking acreage and gauging chores
unmindful of his young and powerful charge.
Then suddenly the animal took pace
and rushed and roared and snorted t'wards his face,
whilst Sam stepped back, yet still believed
the bull was easy to contain:
But on it went, momentum built
to such a speed and strength that Sam, alarmed,
tried frantic'ly to reach for branches of the nearby oak,
but failed to get the leverage he needed now
to avoid its frenzied, maddened surge;
He yelled in terrifying pain as he was pinned against
the trunk and gored relentlessly by this unreal, unreasoning
monster that he'd fed and nurtured from a calf;
The blood was spurting forth as sweat and slime and slaver
from the bull was intermixed with gore,
and bones were crushed till Samuel Crumpler's broken frame
was tossed into the air, now cruelly
scythed and crunched beyond all comprehension.

His sorrowing widow and nine sons and daughters
saw him laid to rest a few days later
in the Village Churchyard, knowing that local history
had been made at his expense for trusting that
young bull and lowering his guard.
Samuel Crumpler, wheelwright, carpenter and sometime farmer died,
aged fifty-five, in 1849; a kind and strong and gallant,
some say foolish, family man.

Samuel married Louisa Bartlett on 16 Jul 1823 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England. Louisa was born in 1807 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England; died in 1857 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England; was buried on 05 Nov 1857 in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Kevin Crumpler's website shows date of birth as 1805.