Rhoda Beam

First Name: Rhoda
Last Name: Beam
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon our oaths do say, that the said Mrs. Bean voluntarily and feloniously knowing[?] did Kil[?] by Jumping out of the flat at [?] fery into [?] and drounding hirself

COD Short Description: 
drowned self in river
Original Record: 
4636

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