Whittington families » Rebecca (Becky) Sue RAWORTH (WIGLEY) (1950-2007)

Personal data Rebecca (Becky) Sue RAWORTH (WIGLEY) 


Household of Rebecca (Becky) Sue RAWORTH (WIGLEY)

She is married to Malcolm Norman WIGLEY.

They got married in the year 1971 at St Peter, Little Aston, Lichfield, 19Pl/8/65, she was 20 years old.

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Child(ren):

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Notes about Rebecca (Becky) Sue RAWORTH (WIGLEY)

«b»Death fall from church tower«/b»

Rebecca Wigley, 57, who had been the treasurer of St Giles' Church, in Whittington, Staffordshire, for 15 years, died after falling from its tower.Staffordshire police were not treating the death as suspicious. The Rev John Martin said: "Becky was much-loved."

Lichfield Mercury article 20 Mar 2008 says thatshe plummeted to her death after jumping from the bell tower of St Giles Church, Whittington, she had climbed out onto the roof, locking the door behind her.

An Inquest at 13 Mar 2008,Cannock Coroners Courtheard how 57 year old Rebecca Wigley of Church Street, removed her glasses, belt and shoes before leaping to her death on the morning of 13 Sep 2007.

Her motionless body was found face down at the base of the tower, shortly after 10:15 by waste didpodal men.

Becky as church treasurer had full acces to the church and had had unfounded worries about the church accounts, a business run by her husband Malcolm had gone into liquidation, but other businesses were sound.

The church books balanced perfectly but Rebecca had fears that they did not.

Coroner Andrew Haigh ruled that Mrs Wigley had intended to kill herself.

(Research):PCC Treasurer, 2006. Woodstock, 62 Church Street, Mar 1990, 94, Apr 96. 99. 2001 . Feb 02, 03. A pr 04. 06.

Died tragically.Sep 13 2007.

Death fall from church tower

Rebecca Wigley, 57, who had been the treasurer of St Giles' Church, in Whittington, Staffordshire, for 15 years, died after falling from its tower. Staffordshire police were not treating the death as suspicious. The Rev John Martin said: "Becky was much-loved."

her first name is mistranscribed as REVECCA

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Rebecca (Becky) Sue RAWORTH (WIGLEY)

Rebecca (Becky) Sue RAWORTH (WIGLEY)
1950-2007

1971

Malcolm Norman WIGLEY
1947-

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Sadie Victoria WIGLEY

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Birthday August 11, 1950

  • The temperature on August 11, 1950 was between 12.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
  • In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
    • January 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
    • January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
    • June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
    • September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
    • November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
    • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

Day of death September 13, 2007

  • The temperature on September 13, 2007 was between 7.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • February 10 » Then Illinois senator Barack Obama announces his candidacy for president in the 2008 elections, which he later goes on to win.
    • February 27 » The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.
    • March 11 » Georgia claims Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
    • May 3 » The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
    • June 13 » The Al Askari Mosque is bombed for a second time.
    • September 12 » Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.

Day of burial September 25, 2007

  • The temperature on September 25, 2007 was between 9.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • February 24 » Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
    • April 27 » Israeli archaeologists discover the tomb of Herod the Great south of Jerusalem.
    • August 14 » The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people.
    • September 27 » NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
    • October 15 » Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
    • December 11 » Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.


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