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Vasquez109
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After trawling around lots of graveyards within the last few weeks, I have noticed that within a couple of days of death most people had been laid to rest. Why is it at least a week or more these days?
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Northamptonshire - Stevenson, Smith, Spriggs
Swansea (Morriston) - Thomas, Williams
Derbyshire - Harlow
Yorkshire - Stamper, Boyes, Duke
London (Bethnal Green/Islington) - Harper, Wallis
Essex - Shelford, Wallis, Read
Hertfordshire - Bishop
Cornwall - Johns, Soper, Rowe, Ball, Collecott, Webb, Curgenven, Trevarton, Blamey, Dunn
Gloucestershire - Harper
County Durham - Proud, Duke
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c-side
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A new generation - my great grandson 11-09-09
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I've noticed that too. Came to the conclusion that it's a combination of things.
More paperwork needed
More arrangements made - people to attend from further afield than before
More people to bury - larger populations by far.
Not too long ago it was always three days - it's got longer over the last 20 - 30 years I think.
Christine
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Finder
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my grandmother was cremated the next day after she died..!
James
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ambers
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I've noticed this.
I wondered if they didn't have the cold room storage rooms in those days and when it came into being at Undertakers.
A group of us were talking about Refridgeraters the other day, and I was suprised to hear that not many of the people had them in the mid/late fifties when they were children.
Ambers
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GLAMORGAN: Evans. Davies. Eddy. Bradnum.
GLAMORGAN to Phila USA: Walter Herbert Davies 1886
PEMBROKE: Bradnum. Summers
CARMARTHENSHIRE: Davies. Jones
NORFOLK/SUFFOLK: Bradnum. Helsdon. Cork. Whiskins. Fairhead.Catchpole.
DEVON: Mallett. Acford, Kidston. Short. Lover. Dampier, Johns, Edwards,Telford. Sparrow
SOMERSET: Masey
CORNWALL: Eddy. Thomas. Maddern. Harvey. Noy.Reynolds,Batten, Curtis. Tregenza,Trebilcock.
Cornwall to Colorado USA: Thomas, Semmens. Oats
Warwickshire: Mountney
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Lydart
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Great Granny Williams, the Dorset button maker
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Agreed ... its the time it takes to get the death certificate and register the death; find and 'employ' an undertaker; book the church or crem; find an officiant to take the funeral and for the family to meet with him/her to arrange what and how they want the service; arranging for flowers and letting family and friends know; getting service sheets printed; find and book somewhere for the 'wake' after ... etc. etc. !! In the past the majority of this wasn't needed ... society has moved on and its how we do things these days, and it takes on average a week to arrange.
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Dorset/Wilts/Hants: Trowbridge, Williams, Sturney, Prince, Foyle, Fripp, Triggle ... and more C'wall/Devon/CANADA (The Cariboo, B.C.): Pomeroy Som'set: Clark(e) Durham: Law London: Poplett Lancs/Cheshire/CANADA (B.C.): Stubbs, Walmesley WRITE LETTERS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO TREASURE ... EMAILS DISAPPEAR FOREVER ! Census information Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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ammonite
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I have just been reading a diary of early 19th Century parson from Somerset (called William Holland) and was surprised how often hs diary seems to almost refer to people just turing up with a body/ baby and expecting a burial/baptism.
He also mentions the difference between a private baptism if the baby was ill and not expected to live and a proper baptism with a healthy baby. He even turns a baby away from the baptism as he though she was healthy enough to last.
It is fascinating reading if you want to know about how a country parsonage operated and also just the characters involved. I seem to remember Kilverts Diary was like this as well.
Also a fascinating report of a discussion with aman who asked was it better to live in sin with a married woman who he had kids by and whose husband was transported, or was it better to have some sort of legalisation of the relationship and have a bigamous marriage!
Ammonite
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Jelly:Rutland/ Leics,
Barnes: Surrey, Gloucs
Claydon: Lincs, Suffolk,
Faulkner, Cooling, Cook, Crampton, Pask, Gresham: Lincs
Reid, Mundy: Liverpool and Cumberland
Brownhill, Middlesex, Derbyshire
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LizzieW
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As Bevbee says, it is mainly to do with council crematoria and cemeteries having so many people to deal with.
When my father died, it was a week before there was a slot at the local crematorium, and my mother died at the start of a bank holiday weekend, so although she was in hospital, the junior doctor refused to issue a death certificate as he hadn't seen her before, so everything stopped until the following Tuesday when the docs who had seen her were back on the ward. It was Wednesday before I could collect the paperwork to take to the funeral director and again another week before we got a slot at the crematorium. So nearly 2 weeks in all. I'm sure this must happen lots of times nowadays.
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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eadaoin
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yes - here in Ireland it's usual to be brought to the church (if it's a religious ceremony) the day after death, and buried next morning.
of course, it may be later if there's an inquest, or if people have to travel from abroad.
I was amazed how delayed my aunt's burial was - She lived in Southwest England.
Celia - Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin logs cremations, they can be found on their website upto 2008
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Begg - Dublin, Limerick, Cardiff
Brady - Dublin
Breslin - Wexford, Dublin
Byrne - Wicklow
O'Hara - Wexford, Kingstown
McLoghlin - Roscommon
Lawlor - Meath, Dublin
Lynam - Meath and Renovo, Pennsylvania
Everard - Meath
Fagan - Dublin
Meyler/Myler - Wicklow
Gray - Derry, Waterford
Kavanagh - Limerick
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For anyone else, it's called Paupers and Pig Killers: The Diary of William Holland, a Somerset Parson, 1799-1818.
I think in the near future council cemeteries and Cremations will have an even bigger workload .I was told a few weeks ago ,not by the council but someone who would know. That one of our main council cemeteries is now full,that means no more graves can be bought.The only way a person can be buried in this cemetery is if they have a family grave there.This might mean more cremations,so no burials records, unless the family register his death as cremated. Hope that makes sense to you :)A cremation should be logged like a burial.
