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Death at Union Workhouse, Luton, Chatham, Kent, England · 3 January 1855 — Local Past

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Death at Union Workhouse, Luton, Chatham, Kent, England · 3 January 1855

3 January 1855 · Death

Added by Clare Hopkins on 19 Jul 2026

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Clare Hopkins · 19 Jul 2026

Death of James Matthew Durrant

Person: James Matthew Durrant
Recorded as James Durrant
Age: 79. Agricultural labourer. Cause of death: Chronic pneumonia
Date: 3 January 1855
Place: Union Workhouse, Luton, Chatham, Kent
Also tagged: Charles Varrall
Informant. Present at the death, Union Workhouse Chatham