ON LINDA’S DESK
19th Century Canada
Remittance man
Resurrectionist
Body snatcher
Exhume freshly dead bodies
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Why I wrote ‘The Resurrectionist of York’ – details coming soon.
The Resurrectionist of York
– Digging a living by body snatching
When Simon Davenport publicly humiliated his family he was dispatched from England to Canada, in 1823, never to be welcome in England again. Given a meager monthly allowance he was forced to make his own way in a new land. The pittance provided by his family allowed him to keep a roof over his head and food on the table, but not the social status he was accustomed to.
Luck was on his side when he struck upon a business opportunity and discovered that the resurrection of human remains was the means to his end. All he needed was a spade, a wagon, a great deal of ambition, and the wherewithal to evade the law.