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Tinning, Mary Janet (1870–1915)

Janet Tinning, about 45, employed as a domestic servant by Mrs. Arthur Jacobs, in High street, Windsor, strangled herself with a strap suspended from her bedpost. A wound had also been inflicted in her throat, apparently by a pocket knife. She had shown signs of mental depression.

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'Tinning, Mary Janet (1870–1915)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/tinning-mary-janet-21472/text31769, accessed 24 March 2023.

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Life Summary [details]

Birth

1870
London, Middlesex, England

Death

26 November, 1915 (aged ~ 45)
Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

suicide

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