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James Clements

Male 1839 - 1877  (38 years)


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  • Name James Clements 
    Born 1839  Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1851 
    Agricultural Labourer 
    Census Return 30 Mar 1851  Stirrups, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 17 Oct 1877  Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Accidental death - Fracture at the base of his skull after being drawn onto the fly wheel  
    Notes 
    • (Medical):The following description of threshing is from A.G. Street's 'Farmer's Glory': 'It was hard work. There was a balanced team of men to run the outfit. Two men pitched the sheaves onto the top of the thresher, where one man cut the strings and another fed the grain steadily and smoothly into the machine. Two men made the straw rick, one took off the chaff, and one the grain, whilst Tom the driver was in charge of the machinery. Any one slackening speed could slow up the whole business. No extra money was paid to the regular farming men for threshing, but beer was allowed on threshing days, one quart per man.' The arrival of Burrell's stationary engine and the threshing machine in the mid-19th century had put paid to winter threshing with flails in a barn. The machine could complete 8 men's work for 6 months in 10 days, and was the cause of much grumbling about unemployment when it first appeared on the market.
    Person ID I1524  Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2017 

    Father James Clements,   b. 1814, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1882  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Sarah Guttridge,   b. 1818, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart