tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post2998463689569902108..comments2024-03-11T11:43:38.689+00:00Comments on Lost in the past: #Poisoning of baby Charlotte Langford Lizanne Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-67335190049095172662016-03-13T17:29:42.767+00:002016-03-13T17:29:42.767+00:00Six of the remaining children married and had chil...Six of the remaining children married and had children of their own. Edward was a Commercial Clerk, Albert a Turf Commission Agent, William a Commercial Traveller and Emerson a Tobacconist and Ironmonger in King's Lynn. The daughters married a Corn Merchant's Clerk and a High Bailiff. Mrs Mary Ann Langford died in Wisbech, Norfolk age 89.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-66956902804909979052016-03-12T19:07:58.089+00:002016-03-12T19:07:58.089+00:00Now you are giving me another challenge! There ar...Now you are giving me another challenge! There are certainly descendants who make no mention of these deaths in their family tree.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-32720630286966266522016-03-12T18:52:55.851+00:002016-03-12T18:52:55.851+00:00As Carol said above, it's no wonder she was dr...As Carol said above, it's no wonder she was driven insane. I'm not surprised she was declared to be of 'unsound mind'. I wonder what happened to her children as they grew up - did they finish school? Find work? Look after their mother?<br />Fascinating story.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-32110834010213822002016-03-10T21:31:45.735+00:002016-03-10T21:31:45.735+00:00But they went on using tiny amounts of strychnine ...But they went on using tiny amounts of strychnine as a performance enhancer for activities such as the 1904 marathon run in St Louis.Lizanne Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10929383263680527758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725047407007661183.post-64163085904854324572016-03-10T17:01:49.840+00:002016-03-10T17:01:49.840+00:00Gosh this is interesting...the amount of children ...Gosh this is interesting...the amount of children and the stress of a business going under would be enough to drive anybody insane. By 1869, forensic medicine was improving such that minute amounts of chemical compounds could be detected ( and they had stopped using copper pans to boil down stomach contents!).But the amount of lethal stuff easily available from any chemist or druggist...and in a lot of adulterated food, was alarming.Carol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.com