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April 7, 1845
New Haven Daily Herald
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
In Tooting, England, a person who lived over 50 years there, including as a cook and wife of parish clerk Robert Welch, died at 83 and was revealed to be a man. Buried as 'Sister Ann Welch,' the body will be disinterred after a witness swore it was male.
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Full Text
A Singular Development.
A most extraordinary affair has occurred at Tooting, England. A person who had lived in that place more than half a century, part of the time as cook to a lady, and six years as the wife of Robert Welch, the parish clerk, died at the age of 83, and was discovered to be a man!
He had regularly partaken the sacrament, and was religiously buried as "Sister Ann Welch." Many parties wished to keep the matter secret, but a woman named Fletcher, who was present at the laying out, had sworn to the body being that of a man, and it would be disinterred according to law.
A most extraordinary affair has occurred at Tooting, England. A person who had lived in that place more than half a century, part of the time as cook to a lady, and six years as the wife of Robert Welch, the parish clerk, died at the age of 83, and was discovered to be a man!
He had regularly partaken the sacrament, and was religiously buried as "Sister Ann Welch." Many parties wished to keep the matter secret, but a woman named Fletcher, who was present at the laying out, had sworn to the body being that of a man, and it would be disinterred according to law.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Gender Deception
Post Mortem Discovery
Tooting England
Disinterment
Parish Clerk Wife
What entities or persons were involved?
Ann Welch
Robert Welch
Fletcher
Where did it happen?
Tooting, England
Story Details
Key Persons
Ann Welch
Robert Welch
Fletcher
Location
Tooting, England
Story Details
A long-time resident of Tooting, living as a woman named Ann Welch, including as wife to the parish clerk, dies at 83 and is discovered to be male; buried as female but set for disinterment after witness testimony.