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siroli
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I have found a burial in Coldstream which could belong to my family, but as there is no record of the person's age at death, I'm not certain. I was wondering if the burial payments varied according to the person's age. For example, would it cost less for the burial of a child compared to that of an adult? The burial I'm looking at is in 1833 and 4/- was paid (no mortcloth). Could this be a child (eg 1-2 years old)? How much would an adult burial have cost in 1833? Does anyone have any expertise in this?
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Simon
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charlotteCH
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siroli, I have no expertise whatsoever in this area but 4/- was quite a bit of money in 1833. The stats in 1913 show the 'working man" earned a bit more than one GBP a week for his family, often numerous, to live on.
My Chelsea pensioner in 1833 had a very good pension that gave him 2/- per day- he was well off.
To whom would the burial payments be made? Maybe the local church as the burial would have been in the churchyrad I guess, but then there would have been the coffin etc.
Let's hope someone with some real knowledge of this tells us the answer.
charlotte
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HARGREAVES, HANSON, BAILEY, BURTON, HEWITT, JAGGER, LOCKWOOD, UTTLEY, MIDGLEY, RUDD, TAYLOR, HOLDEN, SHAW Halifax / Sowerby/ Southowram 18C+
GILL, Accrington, Blackburn, West Derby, Lancs, migrated USA 1891 to RI: GILL in SC: HOTCHKISS in RI: PELOQUIN in RI
HUMPHRIES, HILLIER, ALLEN, LYDBURY Nunney/Frome 18-19C
HUMPHRIES, BIGFORD, JOYCE, HEWITT, ROBINSON, McMULLEN, SUFFEL, CARNEY, MARRON, COMPTON, FREEMAN Ont. Canada 1830+
82nd Regt of Foot 1808-1825
1st WRY Militia 1780-1808
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siroli
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Have done a bit of searching on the internet since my last post. Seems the fees related to a burial varied from parish to parish. There were fees for hire of the mortcloth (if used). Often there were fees for the gravedigging too.
Thought I'd share the following I found at:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCT-FIFE/1999-11/0942003221
Aberdour, Fife, 1820: Rates of Charge for Grave-digging:
Charge for a grave of 4 feet in depth 2/
" " 5 feet " 3/
" " 6 feet " 5/
" " 7 feet " 7/
" " 8 feet " 10/6
Charges for Mortcloth:
best mortcloth 5/
second mortcloth 4/
child's best morcloth 2/
child's second mortcloth 1/8
So, do you think it's safe for me to assume that the burial I'm investigating (ie 1833 with a fee of 3/-, no mortcloth) was for a child (or a very small adult!!)?
Simon
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charlotteCH
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Probably safe to assume that it was a child or a young undernourished teenager.
Of course if one had the foresight it would pay to have the grave dug deep to accomodate more people in the long run. the 2/- grave would just be for one person. I wonder if they cahrge for the plot.
So much to learn about our ancestors.
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HARGREAVES, HANSON, BAILEY, BURTON, HEWITT, JAGGER, LOCKWOOD, UTTLEY, MIDGLEY, RUDD, TAYLOR, HOLDEN, SHAW Halifax / Sowerby/ Southowram 18C+
GILL, Accrington, Blackburn, West Derby, Lancs, migrated USA 1891 to RI: GILL in SC: HOTCHKISS in RI: PELOQUIN in RI
HUMPHRIES, HILLIER, ALLEN, LYDBURY Nunney/Frome 18-19C
HUMPHRIES, BIGFORD, JOYCE, HEWITT, ROBINSON, McMULLEN, SUFFEL, CARNEY, MARRON, COMPTON, FREEMAN Ont. Canada 1830+
82nd Regt of Foot 1808-1825
1st WRY Militia 1780-1808
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