Person:Alfred Hammond (1)

Alfred Hammond was baptised on 27th March 1821 at Pagham in Sussex, son of Ann Hammond, formerly Woolgar, and her husband John Hammond, a blacksmith. The family lived at the hamlet of Lagness in Pagham parish. Alfred appears in both the 1841 and 1851 censuses living with his parents and siblings at Lagness. By 1851 he was working as a blacksmith alongside his father.

Alfred died tragically at the age of 36, after falling in a ditch at North Bersted on his way home after an evening with friends in the nearby town of Bognor. His body was found the following morning, being 4th May 1857. He was buried back at Pagham.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Pagham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1821
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   287	March 27th	Alfred son of	John & Ann	Hammond	Lagness	Blacksmith	W. Marler, Vicar

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1099; Book 4; Folio 5; Page 3, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Lagness, Pagham, Sussex
   John Hamond, male, 50 [1786-91], B[lack] Smith, born in county
   Ann Hamond, female, 60 [1776-81], born in county
   Jane Hamond, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Alfred Hamond, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   William Patrick, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1652; Folio 129; Page 1, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Lagness Hamlet, Pagham, Sussex
   John Hammond, head, married, male, 60 [1790/1], Blacksmith, b. Bersted, Sussex
   Ann Hammond, wife, married, female, 70 [1780/1], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Henry Hammond, son, widower, male, 36 [1814/5], Blacksmith, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Alfred Hammond, son, unmarried, male, 30 [1820/1], Blacksmith, b. Pagham, Sussex
   William Hammond, grandson, male, 11 [1839/40], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   James Hammond, grandson, male, 3 [1847/8], b. Pagham, Sussex

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Alfred HAMMOND, June Quarter 1857, Chichester Registration District, Volume 2b, page 184, aged 36 [1820/1]

5. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Pagham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1857
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   793	Alfred Hammond	Lagness	May 7 1857	36 years [1820/1]	R. Barker, Vicar

6. ↑ West Sussex Gazette, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 2, Thursday 7 May 1857.

   BOGNOR.
   SINGULAR DEATH. - On Monday morning, as some men were going to work, at North Bersted, they perceived a man standing quite upright in a ditch, with the water above his shoulders. As quickly as possible he was got out, when it was found that it was Mr. Alfred Hammond, of Lagness. It appears he had been spending a few hours with some friends in Bognor on the previous evening, and in going home walked into the ditch and perished.

7.   West Sussex Gazette, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 2, 14 May 1857.

   BOGNOR
   An inquest has been held at the Royal Oak, North Bersted, on the body of Mr. Alfred Hammond (whose melancholy death was reported in our last week's paper) from walking into a ditch, when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.