SUICIDE at Marston the 4th March 1937: |
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Elsie May Rust aged 23 of 75 Bedford Road, Marston in Bedfordshire, cut her throat in a meadow at the back of her home and dropped dead in front of her aunt, Mrs. Helen Rust.
From January the 12th Elsie had been treated by Dr. A.E. Street, of Cranfield, for acute depression, brought on by religious mania. She had an idea in her head that she had sinned badly and that God would not allow her to live.
Inquest held before Mr. H. J. Webber, the District Coroner, on the 5th March 1937, at the Bell Inn, Marston; verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.
From January the 12th Elsie had been treated by Dr. A.E. Street, of Cranfield, for acute depression, brought on by religious mania. She had an idea in her head that she had sinned badly and that God would not allow her to live.
Inquest held before Mr. H. J. Webber, the District Coroner, on the 5th March 1937, at the Bell Inn, Marston; verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.
Elsie was the oldest of six, born to Ernest and Ethel Rust at Marston in Bedfordshire. Her father Ernest Rust was born on the 4th April 1886 at Marston, the son of Thomas and Sarah, Ernest started working in the fields as an Agricultural Labourer, from about the age of twelve years'. He married Ethel Mary Barcock in 1913, and later worked as a tile-maker at a brickworks. Ernest died on the 4th September 1950 at the General Hospital Bedford.
His mother Ethel Mary Barcock was born at Marston on the 28th July 1887, the daughter of John and Emily. Ethel died on the 31st March 1926.
Ernest and Ethel Children:
Elsie May Rust1914-1937:
Ernest Rust 1915-1915:
Winifred Mary Rust: b, 22nd July 1916, a daily maid, she married Harry Roberts in 1953, Winifred died in 1988.
Wilfred Thomas Rust b, 29th December 1917, a tile-maker at brickworks, he married Doris Evelyn Swales in 1935. Wilfred died the 28th December 1988.
Hilda Rust was born the 15th June 1919, she married William Jones in 1946.
Ruby Ethel Rust born 2nd April 1924, a packer at electric camp, she married Frederick Pell in 1948 and died in 1980.
His mother Ethel Mary Barcock was born at Marston on the 28th July 1887, the daughter of John and Emily. Ethel died on the 31st March 1926.
Ernest and Ethel Children:
Elsie May Rust1914-1937:
Ernest Rust 1915-1915:
Winifred Mary Rust: b, 22nd July 1916, a daily maid, she married Harry Roberts in 1953, Winifred died in 1988.
Wilfred Thomas Rust b, 29th December 1917, a tile-maker at brickworks, he married Doris Evelyn Swales in 1935. Wilfred died the 28th December 1988.
Hilda Rust was born the 15th June 1919, she married William Jones in 1946.
Ruby Ethel Rust born 2nd April 1924, a packer at electric camp, she married Frederick Pell in 1948 and died in 1980.
photo 1: Illustrated Police News 11th March 1937.
photo 2: Find a Grave.
photo 2: Find a Grave.