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Topic: Hello from Southern California, USA (Read 408 times)
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Nick29
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Karola, the first thing you need to do is to establish the exact date of your uncle's death by tracing his death certificate. You can look this up on the FreeBMD site or on sites like Ancestry.
Once you've established exactly when he died, you can try to find out where he was buried. Unfortunately, all the records from the Seaman's Hospital (known as Dreadnought) pre-1948 were destroyed as a result of WW2 bombing - see http://www.seahospital.org.uk/tracing_seafarers.htm
The death certificate will at least reveal who registered the death, which may give you some clues. It's possible that your uncle was buried in the nearest churchyard (St Alfeges, Greenwich), but it's also possible that if there were other family members involved, they may have had his body buried somewhere else.
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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I hope you're successful 
Let us know how you got on. I noticed your family tree on Ancestry whilst trying to help.
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Best Wishes, Nick. Research interests: Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Arranroots
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Hi Karola (and Nick of course!)
I'll move this to the Kent board, where you might get some more specialised local knowledge to add to what Nick has already told you.
Kind regards, Arranroots 
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOM: BIRD, BURT aka BROWN HEF: BAUGH, LATHAM, CARTER, PRITCHARD GLS: WEBB, WORKMAN, LATHAM, MALPUS WIL: WEBB, SALTER RAD: PRITCHARD, WILLIAMS GLA: RYAN, KEARNEY, JONES, HARRY MON: WEBB, MORGAN, WILLIAMS, JONES, BIRD SCOTLAND: HASTINGS, CAMERON, KELSO, BUCHANAN, BETHUNE/ BEATON IRELAND: RYAN (WATERFORD), KEARNEY (DUBLIN), BOYLE(DUNDALK) |
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ricky1
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Hi Karola
Welcome to Roots, I have checked the BMD's for an Arthur Robin death from 1945 to 1950 and couldnt see one 
regards
ricky
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Harby,Garton,Drury,Duncombe,Booth,Catton,Barker, Kirkby, Wilson. Lincolnshire, Also Murkin's, Jeffery,Pettitt,Carter, from Suffolk/Cambridgeshire boarder Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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weeknightingale
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Hi Karola (and Nick of course!) I'll move this to the Kent board, where you might get some more specialised local knowledge to add to what Nick has already told you. Kind regards, Arranroots
Thank you, Arranroots.
Sending my happy thoughts through the looking-glass.
♡ ƙarola
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Robin Glasgow, Scotland and England
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...if I don't make haste, I shall have to go back through the looking-glass...back into the old room-and there'd be an end of all my adventures! .
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weeknightingale
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Hi Karola Welcome to Roots, I have checked the BMD's for an Arthur Robin death from 1945 to 1950 and couldnt see one regards ricky
Thank you, Ricky for the warm welcome! Thanks for checking I really appreciate your help!
Wish I could send a big HUG through the looking-glass but my computer is limited!
Karola
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Robin Glasgow, Scotland and England
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...if I don't make haste, I shall have to go back through the looking-glass...back into the old room-and there'd be an end of all my adventures! .
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casalguidi
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Found it (I think) .................
Deaths
ROBIN Arthur J Greenwich registration district age 38 June quarter 1953 ref. 5c 497
You can order a death certificate online for £7 http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
A death certificate won't say where he was buried but will give you name, age, date/place/cause of death.
Greenwich Council would hold the records for cemeteries in their area http://tinyurl.com/c8tp3g
Casalguidi
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weeknightingale
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Found it (I think) ................. Deaths ROBIN Arthur J Greenwich registration district age 38 June quarter 1953 ref. 5c 497 You can order a death certificate online for £7 http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/A death certificate won't say where he was buried but will give you name, age, date/place/cause of death. Greenwich Council would hold the records for cemeteries in their area http://tinyurl.com/c8tp3gCasalguidi
Thank you, Casslguidi. I received e-mail from my cousin he does have death cert. So now we are searching for any clues to where he is buried. He might have been buried with family; but I don't know where in Scotland.
Thank you for your contribution to this puzzle. The pieces are there we just have to find them to complete the puzzle.
Best wishes,
Karola
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Robin Glasgow, Scotland and England
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...if I don't make haste, I shall have to go back through the looking-glass...back into the old room-and there'd be an end of all my adventures! .
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Keeping my fingers crossed. 
I'll be on pins and needles til next week sometime! 