Francis Jeffers

Francis Jeffers went missing from his home and was found dead in the canal some days later on 15 February 1914.

His mother said that she last saw him between 3.30pm and 4.00pm when he went out to play with his younger brother aged 2. Shortly after the mother said she looked through the window and saw them talking to a youth who was sat on the window ledge of a shop nearby. She said she heard the youth asked Francis Jeffers what his name was and she said she heard Francis Jeffers tell him and also tell him the name of his younger brother. The mother said that she left the window and went back into the kitchen for a moment and when she came back she said that the children had left the street.