Thomas Mordecai

1808 - 1879  (71 years)

• Name	Thomas Mordecai
  Born	17 Jan 1808	St. Mary Hill, Llangan, Glamorganshire, Wales
  Gender	Male
  Died	May 1879	Llanblethian, Bridgend, Wales
  Buried	4 May 1879	Ramoth Chapel, Bridgend, Wales
  Person ID	I3125	MyTree
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	William Mordecai,   b. Feb 1781, Coychurch, Llangan, Glamorganshire, Wales ,   d. 13 Aug 1872, Llansannor, St. Senwyr, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Mother	Mary Morgan,   b. Abt 1781, St. Nicholas, Nicholaston, Glamorgan Co., Wales ,   d. 5 Apr 1850, Llannsannor, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1802	Llannsannor, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
  Family ID	F2070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Central Glamorgan Gazette – Friday, May 9, 1879 - SUICIDE AT LLANBLETHIAN On Sunday, an aged man named Thomas Mordecai, living at Llanblethian, was discovered by his daughter hanging by the neck from a beam in the stable adjoining the house. The unfortunate man had been in a low state for some time and took advantage of his wife’s absence at church to destroy himself. On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr Reece, coroner. Mary Mordecai, of Llanblethian, daughter of the deceased, deposed: Thomas Mordecai was my father; he was a labourer, 71 years of age. He had not been well for the last eight months; he had appeared very low; he had not threatened to kill himself lately; but some years ago he used to threaten to do so, and my mother used to watch him. I last saw him alive at ten minutes to twelve o’clock on Sunday last in the daytime. He was then in the house and seemed more cheerful that morning than usual. I asked him to go as far as the pig stye to see if the pig had victuals, he went out and came back afterwards and walked in the yard at the back of the house. About ten minutes afterwards I went to the stable to get some coals, and I saw him hanging to a beam behind the stable door by a piece of rope. I ran at once to a neighbour, Mr Gifford at once came and cut him down. Jeremiah Jennings, sergeant of police, said on Sunday last I passed the house of the deceased at about ten minutes to twelve o’clock; about a quarter of an hour afterwards I was called back by a neighbour of the deceased’s and I went back and into the stable with Nathaniel Gifford and there I saw the deceased hanging to a beam by a thick piece of rope which was put round the beam in the stable, he had reached the beam by getting on a ladder which was close by. I cut him down at once, he was quite dead. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983 about Thomas Mordecai Name: Thomas Mordecai Estimated Birth Year: abt 1808 Year of Registration: 1879 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Age at Death: 71 District: Bridgend County: Glamorgan Volume: 11a Page: 325